lying-in
Noun
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Noun
lying-in
- The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 404:
- from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying-in, we were almost inseparable companions […]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 404:
- A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.
- 1995, Meredith Borthwick (translator), Many Lives, Kukrit Pramoj, p. 177-8:
- As she lay by the birth-fire, she gazed on the face of the child asleep in the bamboo cradle […] Once free from the lying-in, Linchong set herself to bringing up the baby.
- 1995, Meredith Borthwick (translator), Many Lives, Kukrit Pramoj, p. 177-8:
lying-in (not comparable)
- of, or relating to childbirth or postpartum confinement
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