Toy soldier factory in the 1930's.
The definition of preindustrial is a time before there were machines and tools to help perform tasks, or a place that has not yet become industrialized.
A time before machines were invented and used in factories is an example of preindustrial.
of or characteristic of a period before industrialization, specif. before the Industrial Revolution
Of, relating to, or being a society or an economic system that is not or has not yet become industrialized.