healthcraft

English

Etymology

health +‎ -craft

Noun

healthcraft (uncountable)

  1. (scouting) The art of taking care of one's bodily health.
    • 1932, The Irish Monthly, volume 60, page 72:
      Healthcraft is a further and most important branch of scoutcraft. To secure endurance, physical power, physical courage and skill, it is necessary to have the body in the best possible condition for doing its work […]
    • 2007, Susan A. Miller, Growing Girls, page 219:
      Of course, Girl Scout healthcraft was not all personality development and surreptitious surveillance; there were still merit badges to be earned.
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