housecraft
(ˈhaʊskrɑːft, -æ-)
[f. house n.1 + craft n. 12.]
The art of managing a house; skill in domestic duties. Also attrib.
| 1906 L. H. Yates (title) Modern housecraft. 1910 Daily Chron. 1 Mar. 9/1 Ignorance of housecraft is the favourite reproach brought against the modern woman. Ibid., St. Martha's College of Housecraft. 1914 J. Collings Colon. Rural Brit. I. vi. 116 Among the ‘optional’ subjects contained in the ‘Regulations for the Training of Teachers for Elementary Schools’ is that of ‘Rural Science’ (and ‘Housecraft’ for girls). 1930 Birmingham Post 10 Dec. 4/3 Housecraft classes at the Victoria Institute. 1951 Archit. Rev. CIX. 285/1 As housecraft activities take up more space than science, the housecraft centre is on the first floor. 1956 W. H. G. Armytage in D. L. Linton Sheffield 206 This was the ancestor of the present handsome College of Housecraft opened at Totley after the Second World War. |