husbanding
- 1Present participle and gerund of husband.
Husbanding scarce fuel through the winter became the family's chief concern.
The estate prospered under his careful husbanding of the land.
Note
One spelling does two jobs here: the verb in progressive use and the gerund that names the activity. Because the verb is transitive, the -ing form takes a direct object (husbanding scarce fuel). Once it behaves like a noun, the object moves behind of (his husbanding of the land). Its living meanings are thrift and conservation. The farming sense is obsolete, and 'providing with a husband' is archaic.
husbanding is a form of husband
husband, verb: To manage, use, or conserve something carefully and sparingly, guarding it against waste. Full entry
- Spelling
- husband → husbanding: add -ing
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