"Landing craft" refers to a type of vehicle or boat that is designed to transport people, supplies, or military troops from a larger ship to the shore, allowing them to safely land on land or beaches. Full definition
A former Bristol labourer who helped fit out landing craft for the US Navy, has spoken of his race against time to find out how he contracted the asbestos - related cancer which is set to claim his life. (irwinmitchell.com)
The awesomeness of landing a craft on Mars, combined with the enthusiasm of scientists who behaved more like a recreational league softball team than laboratory workers, had yanked science out of the realm of archaic taxa and into, say, the XFL. (sciencemag.org)