Birthing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Birthing \Birth"ing\, n.
     1. (Naut.) Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.
        --Bailey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. the act or process of giving birth.


        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  birthing
       n : the process of giving birth [syn: {parturition}, {birth}, {giving
           birth}]