handcraft
[ noun hand-kraft, -krahft; verb hand-kraft, -krahft ]
noun
verb (used with object)
to make (something) by manual skill.
Origin of handcraft
1before 1000; Middle English; Old English handcræft.See handicraft
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How to use handcraft in a sentence
The notion of handcrafting a flawless spouse was nothing new—the Pygmalion myth dates back to ancient Greece.
He glanced at it, saw its graceful handcrafting, and knew it for one of the League's own.
The Barbarians | John Sentry
British Dictionary definitions for handcraft
handcraft
/ (ˈhændˌkrɑːft) /
noun
another word for handicraft
verb
(tr) to make by handicraft
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