handicraft

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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

2. 2
   noun

   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[…]

3. 3
   noun

   a craft that requires skillful hands

4. 4
   noun

   a work produced by hand labor

5. 5
   noun

   An artifact produced by handicraft.

Etymology

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