Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HUS'BAND-RY, n.

1. The business of a farmer, comprehending agriculture or tillage of the ground, the raising, managing and fattening of cattle and other domestic animals, the management of the dairy and whatever the land produces.
2. Frugality; domestic economy; good management; thrift. But in this sense we generally prefix good; as good husbandry. Swift.
3. Care of domestic affairs. Shak.