Cross-birth

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

  Cross-birth \Cross"-birth`\ (kr[o^]s"b[~e]rth`), n. (Med.)
     Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies
     across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm,
     or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the
     uterus.
     [1913 Webster]