Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Training \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. [U. S.]

   {Training ship}, a vessel on board of which boys are trained
      as sailors.

   Syn: See {Education}.