rare. A woman engaged in a handicraft; a female artificer.
1854. Hull Packet, 21 July, 6/1. The hapless ‘widder,’ though derived of her natural protector, is nevertheless the most knowing craftswoman.
1886. Athenæum, 4 Sept., 313/1. A craftswoman was rated like a craftsman, thus: ‘Amicia Gudhale, Webster, vjd.’
