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Meaning of "roadcraft" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROADCRAFT

roadcraft  [ˈrəʊdˌkrɑːft] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROADCRAFT

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Roadcraft is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROADCRAFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Roadcraft

Roadcraft refers to the system of car or motorcycle control outlined in two books Roadcraft: The Police Driver's Handbook and Motorcycle Roadcraft: The Police Rider's Handbook. The books are produced by the Police Foundation and published by The Stationery Office. The official Roadcraft website provides further information about the Roadcraft handbooks, their history and how they were published.

Definition of roadcraft in the English dictionary

The definition of roadcraft in the dictionary is the skills and knowledge used to drive road vehicles.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROADCRAFT


aircraft
ˈɛəˌkrɑːft
bushcraft
ˈbʊʃˌkrɑːft
handcraft
ˈhændˌkrɑːft
handicraft
ˈhændɪˌkrɑːft
homecraft
ˈhəʊmˌkrɑːft
hovercraft
ˈhɒvəˌkrɑːft
kingcraft
ˈkɪŋˌkrɑːft
needlecraft
ˈniːdəlˌkrɑːft
runecraft
ˈruːnˌkrɑːft
schoolcraft
ˈskuːlˌkrɑːft
seacraft
ˈsiːˌkrɑːft
songcraft
ˈsɒŋˌkrɑːft
spacecraft
ˈspeɪsˌkrɑːft
stagecraft
ˈsteɪdʒˌkrɑːft
tradecraft
ˈtreɪdˌkrɑːft
warcraft
ˈwɔːˌkrɑːft
watercraft
ˈwɔːtəˌkrɑːft
witchcraft
ˈwɪtʃˌkrɑːft
Wollstonecraft
ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft
woodcraft
ˈwʊdˌkrɑːft

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROADCRAFT

road traffic accident
road train
road transport
road user
road-fund licence
road-test
road-trials
roadability
roadbed
roadblock
roadeo
roadheader
roadhog
roadholding
roadhouse
roadie
roading
roadkill
roadless
roadmaking

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROADCRAFT

anti-aircraft
campcraft
craft
draft
drone aircraft
fieldcraft
fixed-wing aircraft
house-craft
jet aircraft
landing craft
leechcraft
light aircraft
mothercraft
pleasure craft
priestcraft
rivercraft
rotary-wing aircraft
rotorcraft
statecraft
stitchcraft
vertical take-off aircraft

Synonyms and antonyms of roadcraft in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roadcraft» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROADCRAFT

Find out the translation of roadcraft to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roadcraft from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roadcraft» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

roadcraft
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Roadcraft
570 millions of speakers

English

roadcraft
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

roadcraft
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

roadcraft
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

roadcraft
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Roadcraft
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

roadcraft
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maîtrise de la route
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan raya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

roadcraft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

roadcraft
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

roadcraft
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roadcraft
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

roadcraft
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

roadcraft
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोडक्राफ्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yol sanatını
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

roadcraft
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Roadcraft
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

roadcraft
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roadcraft
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

roadcraft
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roadcraft
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

roadcraft
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

roadcraft
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roadcraft

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROADCRAFT»

The term «roadcraft» is normally little used and occupies the 126.343 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROADCRAFT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roadcraft

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROADCRAFT»

Discover the use of roadcraft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roadcraft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Roadcraft: The Police Driver's Handbook
This new edition has been prepared in close consultation with a working group of senior police driving instructors and other police and civilian advance driver training experts.
Philip Coyne, Penny Mares, Police Foundation, 2013
2
Motorcycle Roadcraft: The Police Rider's Handbook
Supersedes previous edition (1996, 18th impression 2011, ISBN 9780113411436). PDF will also available (ISBN 9780117082199)
The Stationery Office, Philip Coyne, Police Foundation (Great Britain), 2013
3
Driving Instructor Training Exposed!
open road, Roadcraft suggests that you should position to the crown of the road for maximum visibility - good advice for an 'Advanced' driver (which of course is what Roadcraft is all about), but the DSA would advise you to maintain the normal ...
Martin Woodward
4
The Girls' Guide To Losing Your L-Plates: How to Pass Your ...
'Car control and roadcraft, and they're completely different things. Car control is learning how to handle the car itself–stopping, starting, parking and so on. Roadcraft is dealing with everything that's happening onthe road–such asother vehicles ...
Maria McCarthy, 2008
5
Ride Hard, Ride Smart
The best I've seen was explained in Motorcycle Roadcraft, a handbook for police riders in Europe. This is a very physical strategy that takes the whole of Scan, Identify, Predict, Decide and Execute (SIPDE) and Scan, Plan, Act (SPA) and ...
Pat Hahn
6
A to Z of Sports Cars, 1945-1990
SOUTHERN. ROADCRAFT. (GB). From 1984 SR made a fibreglass Cobra copy and, in 1987, added the SR V12 Spyder. This was styled after the Ferrari Daytona Spyder and used Jaguar V1 2 components.
Mike Lawrence, 1996
7
Automotive A-Z: Lane’s complete dictionary of automotive terms
Roadcraft, abook published bytSO describingthebest driving techniques as used bypolice driversinmany countries. road debris, small items that are capable of causing damage to atyre, butwhich are very difficult to see whilst driving, eg shards ...
Keith Lane, 2011
8
Cycle World Magazine
Stay Upright preaches strict adherence to a technique they call “Roadcraft,” which stays the same for solo or group riding. Mr. Schuberg has written a book about it, but basically Roadcrafi centers around “buffering,” or keeping as much of a ...
9
Oxfords Circus
You will be continually assessed, and will be under constant and competitive peer pressure to improve. Your final assessments will be in road driving, the skid pan, in Roadcraft theory and Road-Traffic law. Ifyoufailto meet the final standard or ...
Tom Stevens
10
Making Good: Prisons, Punishment and Beyond
Society of Roadcraft (1977) A Report and Proposal ... to Provide ... Roadcraft Training. Hailsham, East Sussex: The Society. Stace, N. (1979) ʹPeriodic Dentention Work Centres.ʹ Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol.
Martin Wright, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROADCRAFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roadcraft is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Neighborhoods | Home is Where You Park It
The Roadcraft was little more than an empty shell, but Reader was determined to make it blossom. "My friends kept calling it 'Breaking Bad,'" Reader says. "But it ... «The Desert Sun, May 15»
2
Nepal earthquake: Gurkha Kitchen chef raffles 'dream bike' for …
The auction is being administrated by Russ Stevenson, owner of Roadcraft Nottingham motorcycle school, and the draw will be made on Monday. "I wanted to ... «Nottingham Post, Apr 15»
3
Think outside box to avoid it
TOUGH MESSAGE: District Crime Prevention Coordinator, Acting Senior Constable Deb Wruck (left) with Coman Reynolds from Gympie Funerals and Roadcraft ... «Gympie Times, Dec 14»
4
Business award finalists get the nod
Roadcraft has supported numerous other community organisations and high schools by way of donations of gift certificates for raffle prizes, auctioning or speech ... «Gympie Times, Oct 14»
5
Gympie road safety mission with Roadcraft
Roadcraft driver education officials Sharlene Makin, Coman Reynolds and Robin Bailey want to stop the tragedy of road deaths. Craig Warhurst ... «Gympie Times, Jul 14»
6
Crane falls from the back of a lorry in Bootle
A crane toppled off the back of a transport lorry and into a building on a Bootle road. Police were called to Roadcraft on Strand Road at about 10.25am after the ... «Liverpool Echo, Jan 14»
7
Gympie scores contract with QAS for paramedics
Queensland Ambulance Officer Steve Morrish prepares for 4WD training at Gympie Roadcraft Tuesday this week. The state's ambulance officers will receive ... «Gympie Times, Jul 13»
8
Online appeal launches for motorsport precinct
A similar project was attempted close to 15 years ago in conjunction with Roadcraft, but fell over despite sound and feasibility studies being completed and ... «Gympie Times, Jun 13»
9
Malta Red Cross volunteer is certified response driver
Glover had been studying the Roadcraft Police Driver's Course Handbook since September 2012, ready to take on the two-week intensive course in January this ... «Times of Malta, May 13»
10
IAM motorcycle course review
Also thrown in are copies of Roadcraft (the manual explaining the police system of motorcycle control), How To Be A Better Rider (the IAM's manual) and the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 13»

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