The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Training \Train"ing\, n.
   The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising,
   disciplining, etc.; education.
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   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.
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   Syn: See Education.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

training ship
    n 1: a ship used to train students as sailors [syn: school
         ship, training ship]