Word Net
woodcraftNoun
1 skill and experience in matters relating to the
woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)
2 skill in carving or fashioning objects from
wood
Moby Thesaurus
Christmas tree farming, afforestation, arboriculture, artisan work, artisanship, craft, craftwork, forest management, forestation, forestry, handicraft, industrial art, industrial design, logging, lumbering, manual art, metalcraft, reforestation, silviculture, stonecraft, tree farmingEnglish
Noun
- For another sense of the word "woodcraft", see Woodworking.
The term woodcraft denotes skills and experience
in matters relating to living and thriving in the woods — such as hunting, fishing, and camping — whether on a short- or
long-term basis. Traditionally, woodcraft pertains to subsistence lifestyles, with
implications of hunting-gathering.
In more recent times, and in developed
countries, it relates more to recreationalism or survivalism.
Whether traditional or modern, woodcraft may be
roughly equated to the phrase "living off the land".
A partial list of recreational woodcraft
techniques might include knowledge of wildlife behavior, identifying
and utilizing wild plants and animals (especially for food),
camp
cooking, orienteering (including
hiking skills and use of
a map and compass), fire making
(including procurement of firewood),
selecting and preparing a campsite, lashing and
knot techniques, the use of
tents and wilderness
first aid.
Traditional woodcraft has particular importance
in American
folklore, particularly that relating to the early American
frontier.
In the United States, woodcraft techniques in a
military context are taught as part of SERE (Survival,
Evasion, Resistance and Escape) training.
See also
Organized recreational woodcraft:- Woodcraft (youth movement)
- Woodcraft Folk
- Woodcraft Indians (the Woodcraft League of America)
- Seton Institute
- Scoutcraft
- Bushcraft