craftswomanship

Etymology
, on the pattern of.

Noun

 * 1) The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
 * 2) * 1991 Duke L.J. 365 (Duke Law Journal); quoted in:
 * 3) * 2000: Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge, page 275 (Temple University Press)
 * When will I cherish my hair again, the way my grandmother cherished it, when fascinated by its beauty, with hands carrying centuries-old secrets of adornment and craftswomanship, she plaited it, twisted it, cornrowed it, finger-curled it, olive-oiled it, on the growing moon cut and shaped it, and wove it like fine strands of gold inlaid with semiprecious stones, coral and ivory, telling with my hair a lost-found story of the people she carried inside her?
 * 1) * 2006: Alison Findlay, Playing Spaces in Early Women’s Drama, p200 (Cambridge University Press)
 * Its swift intercutting suggests theatrical craftswomanship based on a working knowledge of the effects that could be achieved with shutters and scenery offered by the Theatre Royal.
 * Its swift intercutting suggests theatrical craftswomanship based on a working knowledge of the effects that could be achieved with shutters and scenery offered by the Theatre Royal.

Related terms

 * craftsmanship
 * craftspersonship