handcraft

[ noun hand-kraft, -krahft; verb hand-kraft, -krahft ]

noun

1. handicraft.

verb (used with object)

1. to make (something) by manual skill.

handcraft

/ ˈhændˌkrɑːft /

noun

1. See handicraft
   another word for handicraft

verb

1. tr to make by handicraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of handcraft¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English handcræft. See handicraft

Example Sentences

"Well, I guess we can wait as well as anything else," rejoined Hank Handcraft, extending himself lazily on the sun-warmed ground.

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The amount of time, money, eyesight and handcraft expended among ourselves on letter writing so-called is simply appalling.

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A handcraft school for natives has been one of his dreams all along.

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The other afternoon the program might comprise English followed by sewing, mending, weaving, or similar handcraft instruction.

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These must have all come from some low-order handcraft time line.

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