'Lying-in' definitions:
Definition of 'lying-in'
(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 'Lying-in'
From: GCIDE
- Lying-in \Ly"ing-in"\, n.
- 1. The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement; as, a lying-in hospital. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of bearing a child. [1913 Webster]