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sheltercraft

noun

Etymology

From shelter + -craft.

  1. inherited from sċildtruma
  2. inherited from sheltron
  3. formed as sheltercraft — “shelter + -craft”

Definitions

  1. The set of knowledge and skills needed to construct and maintain shelter in the…

    The set of knowledge and skills needed to construct and maintain shelter in the wilderness.

    • […] use of clothing and equipment, pre-trip preparation and packing, food preparation and preservation, sheltercraft, recognition and treatment of environmental injuries, and emergency survival techniques.
    • My first experience of real sheltercraft was during a visit as a teenager to a reconstructed Iron-Age roundhouse on the site of an ancient fort in south-west Wales. As I walked through the doorway, under the hewn timber lintel, […]
    • SHELTERCRAFT—Knowledge and skills utilized by the woodsman to select, prepare, and maintain bedding and tentage, as well as an understanding of campsite and environmental factors affecting the camp.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA