husbandry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bō̆ndrīe, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, housebondrie (“household management, housekeeping; household duties; economy, skilful management, thrift; farm management, agriculture, farming; cultivation; household articles; husbands collectively”), from hǒus-bō̆nd, hǒus-bō̆nde (“male spouse, husband; master of a house; male head of a household; man having charge of something, household manager; (figuratively) host, inhabitant, resident; bondsman, villein; farmer, husbandman”) (see further at husband) + -rīe (suffix forming nouns collectively denoting members or practitioners of a craft or profession). The English word can be analysed as husband +‎ -ry. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/, /ˈhəz-/ Hyphenation: hus‧band‧ry === Noun === husbandry (countable and uncountable, plural husbandries) The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture. Synonym: agronomy The prudent management or conservation of resources. Synonyms: economy, frugality, thrift (now chiefly nautical) Administration or management of day-to-day matters. (obsolete) Agricultural or cultivated land. Techniques of animal care. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === agriculture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia animal husbandry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia