Lying-in

2 definitions found

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

  Lying-in \Ly"ing-in"\, n.
     1. The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth;
        confinement; as, a lying-in hospital.
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     2. The act of bearing a child.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lying-in
       n : concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to
           the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
           [syn: {parturiency}, {labor}, {labour}, {confinement}, {travail},
            {childbed}]
       [also: {lyings-in} (pl)]