well-husbandedadj.
/ˌwɛlˈhʌzbəndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈhəzbəndəd/ Carefully or judiciously cultivated or managed.
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wroughtOE
subact?1440
laboured1470
tilled1546
well-cultured1555
well-laboured1571
husbanded1578
toiled1578
well-husbanded1581
cultive1611
improved1617
cultivated1622
well-cultivated1650
manured1746
well-farmed1770
reduced1794
farmed1800
tillaged1854
tilthed1866
tame1887
1581 W. Lowth tr. B. Batt Christian Mans Closet i. f. 35 Their groundes shalbee wel husbanded, the house decent, the vessel as bright as siluer, [etc.].
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 383 You shall plant their shootes after the same manner, in a well husbanded and digged ground.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 52 A well-husbanded nursery of plants and fruits.
1685 W. Kennett tr. Pliny Addr. Thanks to Good Prince 99 After this wel-husbanded expence of the day, you betake your self to sleep and repose.
1797 Rev. Conduct Prince of Wales 42 Those occasional patriots who reserve the well-husbanded stock of their provident frugality for the public to let loose on the Prince of Wales, and on him alone.
1885 J. Ruskin Ulric the Farm Servant Pref. p. v In the quiet mornings of his well husbanded and well spent days.
1953 Jrnl. Range Managem. 8 5/1 A well-husbanded cover of grassland vegetation will also be satisfactory for erosion control and water yield.
1992 Atlantic Feb. 82/2 They would move to the Jack Beechum place, a good, well-husbanded farm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1581