What does "schooling" mean?
Schooling: Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling. Sir W. Scott.
Additional senses
- 2.Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
- 3.Collecting or running in schools or shoals. Schooling species like the herring and menhaden. G. B. Goode. SCHOOLMA'AM School"ma'am, n. A schoolmistress. [Colloq.U.S.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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