woodcraft
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "“Yes, Waziri,” replied Busuli. “They passed us late yesterday, as we were about to turn back after you. They had no woodcraft. We heard them coming for a mile before we saw them, and as we had other business in hand we withdrew into the forest and let them pass.”"
- "I don't think some of your—um—pure-blooded Dwarfs have as much woodcraft as might be expected. You've left tracks all over the place."
Etymology
Etymology tree English wood Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English woodcraft From wood + -craft.