childbed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
    travail; lying-in; labor; parturiency; confinement; labour.
    • she was in labor for six hours

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Child"bed noun
Definitions
  1. The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.

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