accouchement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
    childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth.

WordNet

Ac*couche"ment noun
Etymology
F., fr. accoucher to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See Collate.
Definitions
  1. Delivery in childbed

Webster 1913