Dictionary entry

Training

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Train″ing, n. The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.

Fan training(Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. — Horizontal training(Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction. — Training college. See Normal school, under Normal, a.Training day, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. — Training ship, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors.

Syn. — See Education.