handicraft

Definition

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

Etymology

For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft. By surface analysis, handy + -craft.

Example Sentences

• "I regard the Grand Seignior , who is obliged , by an express command in the Alcoran , to learn and practise some handicraft trade"
• "his men were all baſe handie craftes, as coblers, and curriers, and tinkers, whereof ſome had barres of yron[…]"
• "the Handicrafts-Shops begin to open"