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QUENOUILLE-TRAINING

\kwˈɛnuːˌɪltɹˈe͡ɪnɪŋ], \kwˈɛnuːˌɪltɹˈe‍ɪnɪŋ], \k_w_ˈɛ_n_uː_ˌɪ_l_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of QUENOUILLE-TRAINING

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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ke-n[=oo]'lye-tr[=a]'ning, n. the training of trees in a conical shape with the branches bent downwards. [Fr. quenouille, a distaff--Low L. colucula--L. colus, a distaff.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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