handicraft

hand‧i‧craft /ˈhændikrɑːft $ -kræft/ (also craft) noun [countable usually plural]
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: handcraft 'handicraft' (10-21 centuries), on the model of handiwork]
1. an activity such as sewing or making baskets, in which you use your hands in a skilful way to make things
2. something that someone has made in a skilful way using their hands:
a shop selling handicrafts

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

handicraft

han·di·craft[handicrafthandicrafts] [ˈhændikrɑːft] [ˈhændikræft](NAmE alsohand·craft) nouncountable, usually plural, uncountable

1. activities such as sewing and making cloth that use skill with your hands and artistic ability to make things

• to teach handicrafts

• Her hobbies are music, reading and handicraft.

2. things made in this way

• traditional handicrafts bought by tourists

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

handicraft / ˈhæn.dɪ.krɑːft / / -kræft / noun [ C usually plural ]

a skilled activity in which something is made in a traditional way with the hands rather than being produced by machines in a factory, or an object made by such an activity

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

handicraft

[hæ̱ndikrɑːft, -kræft]
handicrafts
1) N-COUNT: usu pl Handicrafts are activities such as embroidery and pottery which involve making things with your hands in a skilful way.
2) N-COUNT: usu pl Handicrafts are the objects that are produced by people doing handicrafts.
She sells handicrafts to the tourists.