'Childbed' definitions:
Definition of 'childbed'
(from WordNet)
noun
Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed]
Definition of 'Childbed'
From: GCIDE
- Childbed \Child"bed\, n. The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition. [1913 Webster]