different between scoutcraft vs pioneering

English

Etymology 1

From scout +? -craft.

Alternative forms

• Scoutcraft

Noun

scoutcraft (countable and uncountable, plural scoutcrafts)

1. (Scouting) A set of outdoor skills learned in scouting that include camping, hiking and pioneering

Etymology 2

From scout +? -craft.

Noun

scoutcraft (plural scoutcrafts or scoutcraft)

1. (rare, science fiction, ufology) A spacecraft used for scouting.
   • 1994, Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald, By Honor Betray'd[1]:

     Enemy scoutcraft, extreme range.

   • 1999, Jerome Clark, Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences & Puzzling Physical Phenomena, Visible Ink Press, page 7:

     In August 1954 a Venusian scoutcraft allegedly flew Adamski around the moon, showing him extraterrestrial cities and hangars as well as forests, lakes, and rivers.

   • 2001, Douglas Kendall, Battle of Infinity City, page 298:

     He flies around the Galaxy all alone in just a little tiny scoutcraft?

   • 2006, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Strangers From The Sky, Pocket Books, page 32:

     In the ensuing years it had never come to that, yet every scoutcraft was equipped with a self-destruct mechanism, and every commander was prepared at all times to activate it.

   • 2013, Chris J. Berry, The Celestial Window, page 137:

     The nearer they closed in; tiny scoutcrafts could be seen continuingly migrating to and from them.

English

Verb

pioneering

1. present participle of pioneer

Adjective

pioneering (not comparable)

1. Involving accomplishments or activities that have not been done before, or developing or using new methods or techniques.

   Norway as a polar nation would not have been what it is today without their tireless pioneering efforts. [Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen]

Translations

Noun

pioneering (uncountable)

1. The activity of the verb pioneer.
2. A scoutcraft skill that involves building structures using staves and knots.

Anagrams

• pigeonnier