landing craft

English

Noun

landing craft (plural landing crafts or landing craft)

  1. (nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.
    • 1954 March, “The Hayman Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 207:
      Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.

Synonyms

  • (abbreviation) LC

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • (abbreviation) LC
  • LCT, landing craft tank, tank landing craft
  • LCI, landing craft infantry, infantry landing craft
  • LCV, landing craft vehicle, vehicle landing craft, vehicular landing craft
  • LCM, landing craft mechanized, mechanized landing craft
  • LCU, landing craft utility, utility landing craft
  • LCL, landing craft light, light landing craft
  • LCM, landing craft medium, medium landing craft
  • LCH, landing craft heavy, heavy landing craft
  • LCAC, landing craft air cushion, air cushion landing craft, air-cushioned landing craft

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