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Definition of Manual labour
1. Noun. Labor done with the hands.
Generic synonyms: Labor, Labour, Toil
Specialized synonyms: Application, Coating, Covering, Bodywork, Handling, Picking, Planking, Wiring
Definition of Manual labour
1. Noun. Physical work done "by hand" (or using basic implements) instead of by machines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manual Labour
Literary usage of Manual labour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"When U4=d without qualification to-day, the word labour, commonly designates
hired labour, and frequently hired manual labour. This is particularly true ..."
2. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"The brethren were supported by their manual labour ; and the duty of labour was
strenuously recommended as a penance, as an exercise, and as the most ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"The school, which accommodated fifty boys and fifty girls, was surrounded with
four acres of land, upon which the pupils were taught manual labour and the ..."
4. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"manual labour and 80 per cent is horse food. ... and says steam cultivation make«
no diffe» n the manual labour needed on the ..."
5. A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches by the Deputation from the by Andrew Reed (1835)
"... frequently denominated manual labour Institutions, from the circumstance of
manual labour being extensively employed as a means of exercise and profit. ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1867)
"The brethren were supported by their manual labour; and the duty of labour was
strenu- Onomasticon, p. 1045.) Pachomius, however, allowed his monks some ..."
7. Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum: Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars by John Healy (1908)
"When a monk died there was no need of an undertaker—his brethren made the grave,
and he manual labour.—It was a maxim in all our primitive Irish monasteries ..."
8. The Biblical Repertory and Theological Review by Charles Hodge, Peter Walker (1831)
"manual labour SCHOOLS. To the Editors of the Biblical Repertory and Theological
Review, GENTLEMEN, I should be gratified to have your opinion, ..."
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