household arts

Noun

 * 1)  Theory and practice involving the skills and specialized knowledge in performing the domestic tasks required to care for the home and its occupants.
 * 2) * 1895,, "Buscombe; or, A Michaelmas Goose" in Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse:
 * The Vicar's wife was much the same,
 * In fairer form presented—
 * A lively, yet a quiet dame,
 * With home, sweet home, contented.
 * In parish, needs; and household arts,
 * A lesson to this glib age;
 * Well versed in pickles, jams, and tarts,
 * Piano, chess, and cribbage.
 * Piano, chess, and cribbage.