A form or mold used to shape button blanks before they are covered with fabric; the core structure of a button.
Compound of 'button' and 'mold' (from Old English 'molde' and Old Norse 'mold'), describing the shaped form used in manufacturing.
Button molds reveal hidden manufacturing genius—covered buttons were made by stretching fabric over these little molds, creating perfectly uniform buttons that were durable and attractive, a technique unchanged since the Victorian era.
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