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noun
Domestic manufacturing or commercial activity seen as being a precursor to industrialization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: cottage industry
Antonyms: none provided
History
From proto- + industry.
