Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or practice of cultivating crops and breeding and raising livestock; agriculture.
- noun The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.
- noun Careful management or conservation of resources; economy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Management of domestic affairs; domestic economy; frugality; thrift.
- noun The business of a husbandman or farmer; farming; agriculture.
- noun The product of husbandry or of cultivated soil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
- noun The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
raising oflivestock and thecultivation ofcrops ;agriculture - noun The
prudent management orconservation ofresources
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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True conservation had to begin with “that combination of solicitude, foresight, and skill which we call husbandry,” practiced by landowners on their own land.
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Many of Yunnan nomadic tribes or those engaged in husbandry, in particular, relied on agricultural products from Sichuan.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Similarly exploring this new form of animal husbandry is Dressing the Meat of Tomorrow by James King.
Elastic 2008
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Today many ag and retail food concerns find it expedient to employ persons well versed in husbandry/ag production to vet the methods and policies of their suppliers.
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As in husbandry the sower may cast his seed in a dry and parched soil with desponding fears, so those shall reap abundant fruit who toil in tears with the prayer of faith.
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The neglect of husbandry is the way to poverty: Where no oxen are, to till the ground and tread out the corn, the crib is empty, is clean; there is no straw for the cattle, and consequently no bread for the service of man.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Job, it is probable, kept many, though they are not mentioned among his possessions, cattle for use in husbandry being there valued more than those for state and war, which alone horses were then reserved for, and they were not then put to such mean services as with us they are commonly put to.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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"husbandry," is not so probable. men of the east -- denoting in Scripture those living east of Palestine; as the people of North Arabia-Deserta (Jud 6: 3; Eze 25: 4).
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There is very little that could be called husbandry in the care and treatment that most food animals receive today.
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Of course, these paintings served the dual purpose of depicting the techniques and implements used by the Chinese, who were famous for their efficiency in husbandry.
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
slumry commented on the word husbandry
agriculture; farming
July 22, 2007
cutlery commented on the word husbandry
"Husbandry was not practiced, for no mammals walked these isles until passing whalers willfully marooned pigs here to propagate a parlor" (Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, 011.3).
January 22, 2010
bilby commented on the word husbandry
A pig parlour?
January 22, 2010
kingparton commented on the word husbandry
Ancient poetry and mythology suggest, at least, that husbandry was once a sacred art; but it is pursued with irreverent haste and heedlessness by us, our object being to have large farms and large crops merely.
Henry David Thoreau, Walden
August 25, 2011