ˈhəzbəndrē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English housbondrie, from housbonde + -rie -ry
1. obsolete : the care of a household : domestic management
I commit into your hands the husbandry and manage of my house until my lord's return — Shakespeare
2.
a. : the judicious use of resources : conservation , thrift
this careful husbandry of his remaining powers — W.V.T.Clark
borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry — Shakespeare
b. : the control or use of resources : management
problems of soil conservation and husbandry of water resources — British Book News
3. : the cultivation or production of plants and animals : agriculture , farming
some dealt in corn, others in sheep and wool, others in a mixed husbandry — G.M.Trevelyan
commercial farming has not displaced subsistence husbandry — J.M.Mogey
4. obsolete : the tenantry or husbandland of a manor
5. : the scientific control and management of a specified branch of farming
more limited experimental work is also being carried out in … animal husbandry — C.J.Bishop