noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English scoling, from scole school + -ing
1.
a. : instruction in or attendance at school
had to interrupt his schooling to go to work
: education in an institution of learning
the state now takes responsibility for schooling
b. : training, guidance, or discipline derived from experience or contact with experts
a long and arduous schooling as a performer in several of the best bands — Irving Kolodin
2. archaic : chastisement for correction : reproof , reprimand
3. : tuition or tuition and maintenance in a school : the cost of instruction and maintenance
pay a boy's schooling
4. : the training of a horse for service
schooling a horse to lead
gave the filly thorough schooling in the gaits
as
a. : the teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the formal techniques of equitation and coordination therein (as in a riding school)
b. : the teaching and exercising of a horse in jumping techniques
c. : the training of a race horse to break from a starting gate