Breed'ing, n.

n. 1. Nurture; education, instruction; formation of manners. Why was my breeding ordered and prescribed, As of a person separate to God? Milton. She had her breeding at my father's charge. Shak. 2. Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of ceremony. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. Shak. Good breeding, politeness; genteel deportment. Syn.—Education; instruction; nurture; training; manners.