E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Craft (A).
A general term for a vessel employed in loading and unloading ships.
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Small craft. Such vessels as schooners, sloops, cutters, and so on. A ship-builder was at one time the prince of craftsmen, and his vessels were work of craft emphatically.
