buttonmaking

English

Etymology

button +‎ making

Noun

buttonmaking (uncountable)

1. The manufacture of buttons.
   • 2010, David Hilliam, Little Book of Dorset:

     Catastrophically for Dorset buttony, Ashton's buttonmaking machine was invented in 1850 and proudly exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. As a consequence of this invention, the Dorset cottage industry collapsed virtually overnight […]

Synonyms

• buttony