Skycrane

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A helicopter that is used for hauling large loads.

    "The SHEDS exercise, conducted by American Export Isbrandtsen and Sikorsky in 1967, demonstrated that skycranes can unload containers, within the load limits of the helicopters, from a ship’s deck in weather which makes surface operations impossible."

Example

More examples

"The SHEDS exercise, conducted by American Export Isbrandtsen and Sikorsky in 1967, demonstrated that skycranes can unload containers, within the load limits of the helicopters, from a ship’s deck in weather which makes surface operations impossible."

Etymology

From sky + crane.

More for "skycrane"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.