cottage industry


noun

the production, for sale, of goods at home, as the making of handicrafts by rural families.
any small-scale, loosely organized industry.

Origin of cottage industry

First recorded in 1920–25

Example sentences from the Web for cottage industry

  • And individuals can make their own solar cookers easily, or start a cottage-industry to manufacture them for others.

    The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler |Steven E. Jones

British Dictionary definitions for cottage industry

cottage industry

noun

an industry in which employees work in their own homes, often using their own equipment