Citations:skoot

English citations of skoot

1. 2010, Lilian Harry, Three Little Ships:

   Some fell on the boats and their cargoes of exhausted soldiers, and the men on Surrey Queen watched in horror as a skoot nearby exploded in a vast shower of burning debris.

2. 1942, I. Scott, My War at Sea, page 102:

   Once full the skoots made for the nearest 'ferry' ship, whether destroyer, sloop, yacht, or transport, there transferred their cargo and returned again to the beaches for more.

3. 1947, The London Gazette, volume 3, page 3313:

   On two occasions skoots and small boats approaching the coast were turned back through false information.