Etymology

From button +‎ makingCategory:English compound terms#BUTTONMAKING.

Noun

buttonmaking (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#BUTTONMAKINGCategory:English nouns#BUTTONMAKINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#BUTTONMAKINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#BUTTONMAKINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUTTONMAKINGCategory:Pages with entries#BUTTONMAKINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BUTTONMAKING

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 […]

     Category:English terms with quotations#BUTTONMAKING