handicraft
noun
- hobby using hands to make small-scale objects
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhændɪkɹæft/ / /ˈhændɪkɹɑːft/
noun
Etymology: For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft. By surface analysis, handy + -craft.
- A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
“I regard the Grand Seignior , who is obliged , by an express command in the Alcoran , to learn and practise some handicraft trade”
- An artifact produced by handicraft.
- A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
“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”