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woodcraft

woodcraft

7.2
Skill for living and surviving in the woods, like making shelter and fires
  • noun
  • /ˈwʊdˌkræft/
translation icon : supervivencia en la naturaleza
  • She taught her children about woodcraft, emphasizing the importance of respecting nature while exploring the outdoors.
  • camping and woodcraft

Examples

  • E. T. Seton, Boy Scouts of America: A Handbook of Woodcraft, Scouting, and Life Craft, 1910, xi, quoted in Hantover, 189.

    Academic text (1996)
  • His proficiency in woodcraft allowed him to build a shelter quickly while camping in the wilderness.

  • We obviously would be doing some serious woodcraft.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • He was particularly intrigued by the varied art of woodcraft, the skill of living off the land, and he spent most of his summers until age twenty-seven as a camp counselor in various parts of northern New England.

    Academic text (2006)
  • With his background in woodcraft, he demonstrated how to make a fire using natural materials found in the forest.

Synonyms

bushcraft
vswoodcraft
7.5

Knowledge and skills that help you live in the wild and find food

is broader, covering outdoor skills for camping, hunting, and fishing as well

How Skilled

bushcraft
7.5
woodcraft
7.2
camping
124 1.0

Surface Forms

woodcraft singular
woodcrafts plural

Morphology

woodcraft = wood + craft (semi-transparent) = wood + craft

Components suggest 'craft of the woods', but the sense has generalized to wilderness/survival skills which is a broader, somewhat specialized meaning not fully deducible by all learners.

Etymology

Woodcraft is made of wood and craft, with craft meaning 'skill', so it can also mean the skills you need in the woods, like making shelter, starting a fire, or finding food, which is why woodcraft means knowledge for living and surviving in forests.