countrymadeadj.
/ˈkʌntrɪmeɪd/, U.S. /ˈkəntriˌmeɪd/ 1.
a. Anglo-Indian and Indian English. Made in India, esp. as opposed to Europe. Now chiefly historical.
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1788 Calcutta Chron. 13 Nov. (advt.) To be sold by Public Auction.., A Great variety of Europe and country made plate, the property of a Gentleman returning to Europe.
1794 Hircarrah 11 Mar. What a transition it would be from the delectable lounge..to the jolting springs of country-made carriages, or the grunts of country-made carriers.
1873 Times 3 July 5/2 Mr. J. C. Murray, President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, stated recently..that the proportion of English to country made cloth is as 60 to 40.
1922 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 379 The meeting went on to recommend to Indian workmen to use Swadeshi (country-made) goods, and to adopt Mr. Gandhi's scheme.., whereby all are to manufacture their own Khaddar (country-made cotton cloth).
2002 S. Chatterjee Congr. Polit. in Bengal 1919–1939 iii. 67 Several new shops were opened which sold country-made cloth.
b. South Asian (chiefly Indian English). Designating a home-made illegal weapon or bomb.
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1879 in F. S. Roberts 41 Years in India (1897) II. 238 All persons who may have in their possession any firearms or ammunition formerly issued to or seized by the Afghan troops, are required to produce them. For every country-made rifle.., the sum of Rs. 3 will be given.., and for every rifle of European manufacture Rs. 5.
1928 Times 25 Oct. 16/4 At least one of the injured persons has got pieces of glass in the leg, showing that it was a country-made bomb.
1939 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 23 Feb. 22 They told of..country-made weapons, and savage guerilla descents on peaceful villages.
1995 M. Gadgil & R. Guha Ecol. & Equity iii. 94 Farmers employ a variety of devices to keep elephants at bay, including killing them with country-made guns.
2004 Hindu (Nexis) 23 Aug. Six countrymade bombs concealed by him in an orchard outside the village.
2. Made in a rural area rather than in a large manufacturing centre, often using traditional methods (in early use frequently with implication of lower quality).
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1791 J. Urquhart in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. (1792) IV. xxxix. 300 The people have become much more extravagant in their clothing and apparel, of late years, buying these chiefly from the shops, whereas formerly they only wore their own country-made cloth.
1807 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Gaz. 12 May (advt.) His clothing consisted of strong, country made, striped kersey.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 79 Woollen stockings and country-made shoes fastened with brass buckles.
1877 Chester (Pa.) Daily Times 14 June 3/3 (advt.) These goods are not country-made, wholesale stock, but Philadelphia workmen's excellent work.
1939 W. Buckley Art of Glass 262 Such glasses as this were based upon the finer Nuremberg forms, but being ‘countrymade’ failed to attain their elegance.
1992 D. Wright Compl. Bk. Baskets & Basketry (ed. 3) i. 7/1 There are still countrymade baskets in France, where the wine industry uses traditional shapes quite different from ours.
2001 J. M. Wild Wheel & Pinion Cutting in Horology xi. 194 Count-wheel striking is generally found on lantern clocks and country-made longcase clocks.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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