craft

• n. クラフト; クラフトマンシップ; 宇宙船
• vt.精巧に作られた
• n.（工芸）人名；（英、独、露）工芸

もともとは硬い、民主主義に由来する強さ、頑丈さ。 現在は主に工芸、技術。PIE*skerの、曲げる、回す、編む、ゆりかご、ベビーベッドに由来する。 質感、技術を比較する。

craft

craft: [OE] The original notion contained in the word craft is that of ‘strength’ (that is the meaning of its relatives in other Germanic languages, such as German and Swedish kraft). Old English croeft had that sense too (it had largely died out by the 16th century), but it had also developed some other meanings, which are not shared by its Germanic cognates: ‘skill’, for example (in a bad as well as a good sense, whence crafty) and ‘trade’ or ‘profession’.

Much later in origin, however (17th-century in fact), is the sense ‘ship’. It is not clear how this developed, but it may have been a shortening of some such expression as ‘vessel of the sailor’s craft’ (that is, ‘trade’). The word’s Germanic stem was *krab- or *kraf-, which some have seen also as the source of crave [OE].
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craft (n.)

Old English cr?ft (West Saxon, Northumbrian), -creft (Kentish), originally "power, physical strength, might," from Proto-Germanic *krab-/*kraf- (cognates: Old Frisian kreft, Old High German chraft, German Kraft "strength, skill;" Old Norse kraptr "strength, virtue"). Sense expanded in Old English to include "skill, dexterity; art, science, talent" (via a notion of "mental power"), which led by late Old English to the meaning "trade, handicraft, calling," also "something built or made." The word still was used for "might, power" in Middle English.

Use for "small boat" is first recorded 1670s, probably from a phrase similar to vessels of small craft and referring either to the trade they did or the seamanship they required, or perhaps it preserves the word in its original sense of "power."

craft (v.)

Old English cr?ftan "to exercise a craft, build," from the same source as craft (n.). Meaning "to make skilfully" is from early 15c., obsolete from 16c., but revived c. 1950s, largely in U.S. advertising and commercial senses. Related: Crafted; crafting.

1. The engine of one landing craft was still running.

上陸艇のエンジンがまだ動いている。

2.It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.

飛行機の前進に必要な推力を提供します。

3.The frail craft rocked as he clambered in.

彼が這ってきたとき、その割れやすい工芸品が揺れた。

4.My craft zipped across the bay.

私のボートは海を駆け抜けた。

5. Craft Resources also sells yarn and embroidery floss.

工芸士サービス会社も糸や刺繍糸を販売している。