Definition of "small craft" [small craft]

• A vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "Picket boats, trawlers, and other small craft cruised up and down the lines of big ships to confuse the “submarine,” to force it to keep its periscope down, and, if it was sighted, to ram it."
• "Consumed with the spectacular arrival of theHalicarnassus, Judah never noticed asecond airborne craft zeroing in on the Pyramid, a very small craft that came zooming in low and fast from the Western Desert."
• "The Chinese were running from the Golden Hill fort as I descended, without an effort at defending it, and the water beyond was covered with boats and small craft filled with fugitives, mostly the dastardly troops, who threw away arms and uniforms as they ran."