training ship

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training ship - 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: See Education.
          [1913 Webster]

training ship - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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