[f. as prec. (or from TRAIN v.2) + -ING2.] That trains, in various senses.
† 1. Drawing; fig. attracting, alluring, enticing.
1557. in Tottell’s Misc. (Arb.), 202. Then finenesse thought by trainyng talke to win that beauty lost.
1567. Turberv., Poems, 52. Force not hir trayning truthlesse eies, but turne thy face away.
1590. C’tess Pembroke, Antonie, 720. Th’ enchaunting skilles or her caelestiall Sp’rite, hir training speache.
† 2. Tracking, pursuing. Obs.
1583. Melbancke, Philotimus, F f j. Diana in her trayninge chase delightes.
3. Having a train, trailing. Now rare.
1737. Savage, Public Spirit, 7. The Tragic charms the Age; In solemn training Robes she fills the Stage.
1773. N. Hooke, Rom. Hist. (1830), I. 6, note. Ceres was represented … with a long training robe.
1827. Miss Roberts, in Lit. Souvenir, 147. The long training gowns, and flowing head-dresses.
