metallifacture noun2 •(rare) The production and manufacture of metals.Given the necessary raw materials, capital, and skilled labour, nothing is easier than to turn trees into chairs, and ore into the finest products of metallifacture. — 1887 •(rare) A manufactured article of metal.Under the head of Metallifactures, we include the manufacture of hardware, brassware and jewelry: reserving, however, that of watches, for the following section. — 1841 formsmetallifactures
