husbandry

Roget category 370

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.1. Vitality

#370. [The economy or management of animals.] Husbandry

noun

husbandry, taming etc. v. — circuration^†, zoohygiantics^† — domestication, domesticity — manege [Fr.], veterinary art — farriery^† — breeding, pisciculture.
menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden — bear pit — aviary, apiary, alveary^†, beehive — hive — aquarium, fishery — duck pond, fish pond.
phthisozoics etc. (killing) 361^† [Destruction of animals]; euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction.
neatherd^†, cowherd, shepherd — grazier, drover, cowkeeper^† — trainer, breeder — apiarian^†, apiarist — bull whacker [U.S.], cowboy, cow puncher [U.S.], farrier — horse leech, horse doctor — vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon.
cage etc. (prison) 752 — hencoop^†, bird cage, cauf^† — range, sheepfold, etc. (inclosure) 232.

verb

tame, domesticate, acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train — cage, bridle, etc. (restrain) 751.

adjective

pastoral, bucolic — tame, domestic.

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