landing party
noun
a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
Origin of landing party
1First recorded in 1890–95
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How to use landing party in a sentence
By that time, the Americans had assembled in sufficient force to defeat any landing party the enemy could send ashore.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.The landing party—small as it was—had become separated into two groups; one commanded by Jones, the other by Wallingford.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea | Charles H. L. JohnstonEnter the Lieutenant with a landing party to capture the pirates.
From Snotty to Sub | Wolstan Beaumont Charles Weld ForesterThen we jump to the landing-party wading through the breakers.
Billy and the Big Stick | Richard Harding DavisTheir fire had ceased, and no men were to be seen in the fort; but they might have been lying in wait to attack any landing party.
With Kitchener in the Soudan | G. A. Henty
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