husbanding

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy. [1913 Webster]

For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Land so trim and rarely husbanded.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]

3.To furnish with a husband. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]