housecraft en · NOUN
Etymology
From house + -craft.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The art of homemaking.
[…] we should hear less of teaching subjects for the sake of faculty, a point in which he was supported by Miss M. Frodsham, who held further that all science teaching in girls' schools should lead up to hygiene and housecraft.
1916, The School World, volume 18, page 378:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| housecrafts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |