coachableadj.
/ˈkəʊtʃəbl/, U.S. /ˈkoʊtʃəb(ə)l/ 1. Able to be travelled by a horse-drawn coach (coach n. 1a). Now historical.
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1862 Birmingham Jrnl. 26 Apr. 6/3 The Shakspeare chapter [of the book] sent every one within coachable distance to Stratford.
1874 Rep. Secretary Council of Agric. Province of Quebec App. 78 This road begins..at the Point of the Gatineau..and ends in Bowman at the falls of Livre river. It is coachable for nearly all this distance.
1974 A. A. Dent Horse i. 34 Not only was there no coachable Great North Road: there was no coachable Brighton Road.
2. Of a person, attitude, etc.: having or characterized by the ability to learn or adopt new methods or techniques; capable of being coached (coach v. 4a). Also of a test, technique, etc.: able to be learned or improved by coaching.
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society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [adjective] > able or fit to be learned or mastered
learnable?1630
masterable1648
mastered1899
1875 R. Browning Inn Album ii. 68 ‘Parson's daughter’—‘young man coachable’—‘Elderly party’..—were facts To fasten on.
1919 Jrnl. Appl. Psychol. 3 172 A test is ‘coachable’ to the extent that superior specific ability in it may be acquired through practise [sic] in it.
1948 Boys' Life Oct. 33/1 He was a very hard worker and a coachable player—eager to learn and practise evasive running maneuvers.
2006 FourFourTwo Aug. 60/3 Penalties are coachable. Our players should have been practising every year for the last four years.
2012 Diamond Valley Leader (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 43 They've got a terrific team ethic..and they're very coachable, with all the girls able to listen and adhere to the gameplan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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