单词 | housecraft |
释义 | housecraftn. The art of household management; skill in domestic duties. Also: this as a subject of study. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management housewifeship?c1225 cove and keyc1250 husbandryc1300 economica1393 ménagea1393 householda1398 householdinga1425 housewifery1440 economyc1454 economics1535 house rule1579 householdry1581 managery1586 housekeeping1652 household management1741 notability1756 homebuilding1757 domestic economy1778 Wirtschaft1841 homekeeping1846 housecraft1848 homemaking1863 home economics1872 home science1886 household science1896 domestic science1897 1848 Art-union 10 23/1 This Dorcas..was withal kindly, courteous, and intelligent,..and well learned in simple garden and house craft. 1896 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 9 Apr. 2/3 There is no reason why a year at a manual training school, where instruction is given in cooking and general housecraft, should be considered demeaning to an educated woman. 1910 Daily Chron. 1 Mar. 9/1 Ignorance of housecraft is the favourite reproach brought against the modern woman. 1930 Birmingham Post 10 Dec. 4/3 Housecraft classes at the Victoria Institute. 1992 C. Hardyment Home Comfort Pref. p. xiii The written history of the layout and workings of domestic offices is patchy... I have had to glean it from guidebooks, housecraft manuals, treatises on dairyies, [etc.]. 2006 G. Branfoot So Many Memories xviii. 311 She frowned. ‘Hot water cooks the casein in the milk, so it's harder to get clean. Hangover from housecraft.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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