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husbandry

[ huhz-buhn-dree ]

noun

  1. the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
  2. the science of raising crops or food animals.
  3. careful or thrifty management; frugality, thrift, or conservation.
  4. the management of domestic affairs or of resources generally.


husbandry

/ ˈhʌzbəndrɪ /

noun

  1. farming, esp when regarded as a science, skill, or art
  2. management of affairs and resources
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


husbandry

/ hŭzbən-drē /

  1. The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of husbandry1

First recorded in 1250–1300, husbandry is from the Middle English word housebondrie. See husband, -ry
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Example Sentences

It took nearly 300 years for Peruvians to achieve independence, and longer for indigenous Andean peoples’ population and traditional husbandry practices to resume.

Maybe no one will be the “husband” (as in, animal husbandry) and no one the chattel.

What does that have to do with good animal husbandry and biodiversity?

They are experienced with the grim side of husbandry, but they are not inured to it.

Maybe some of my kind have taken on similar 'husbandry' projects.

I'd only just thought of the Borneo-New Guinea option and so those details seemed even more trivial than human husbandry.

When these covenants were made, Lysias went to the king, and the Jews gave themselves to husbandry.

He thought also that the duty on windows in farm-houses, and on horses used in husbandry, should be taken off entirely.

John Milton was a noble poet, but he was not a safe guide in matters pertaining to animal husbandry.

They were unfit for the mere routine of husbandry, and unprovided with funds for working their farms.

I am hard at work, studying spade husbandry, inspectors' reports of industrial schools, &c. I am glad you are all so happy.

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