handicraft /ˈhændɪkɹæft/ noun3 •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 — 1712 •An artifact produced by handicraft. •(no longer used, rare) 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[…] — 1596 formshandicrafts