Lying-in definition

Lying-in

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WordNet

(1) Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child

"She was in labor for six hours"

WiktionaryText

The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 404:
  
  from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying-in, we were almost inseparable companions [...]