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Webster 1913 Edition
Husbandry
Hus′band-ry
,Noun.
1.
Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
There’s
Their candles are all out.
husbandry
in heaven;Their candles are all out.
Shakespeare
2.
The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming.
Husbandry
supplieth all things necessary for food. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Husbandry
HUS'BANDRY
,Noun.
1.
Frugality; domestic economy; good management; thrift. But in this sense we generally prefix good; as good husbandry.2.
Care of domestic affairs.Definition 2024
husbandry
husbandry
English
Noun
husbandry (countable and uncountable, plural husbandries)
- The raising of livestock and the cultivation of crops; agriculture.
- 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)
- On a sunny March day Ogada is traveling with her colleague Munir Virani in the Masai Mara region of Kenya. Virani is here not to study his beloved birds but to speak with herdsmen about their cows. Livestock husbandry, it turns out, is essential to vulture welfare.
- 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)
- The prudent management or conservation of resources.
Synonyms
Translations
agriculture
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the prudent management or conservation of resources