Sentence:  It was the singular room which Carlyle had constructed in the hopes that he could shut out all the noises of the universe, the crowing of cocks, and the jingling of a young lady's <WSD>five-finger exercise</WSD> in particular. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A musical composition for the piano, designed to require the use of all the fingers of the hand for the purpose of skill development.