handcraft

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

noun

handicraft.

verb (used with object)

to make (something) by manual skill.

Origin of handcraft

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

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Examples from the Web for handcraft

Historical Examples of handcraft

A handcraft school for natives has been one of his dreams all along.
Letters of a Javanese Princess
Raden Adjeng Kartini
The amount of time, money, eyesight and handcraft expended among ourselves on letter writing so-called is simply appalling.
East of Paris
Matilda Betham-Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for handcraft

handcraft

noun

another word for handicraft

verb

(tr) to make by handicraft

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Word Origin and History for handcraft

Old English handcræft "manual skill, power of the hand; handicraft;" see handicraft.