The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Huskiness \Hus"ki*ness\, n.
   1. The state of being husky.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness
      of voice. --G. Eliot.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

huskiness
    n 1: the property of being big and strong [syn: huskiness,
         ruggedness, toughness]
    2: a throaty harshness [syn: gruffness, hoarseness,
       huskiness]