childbed
the circumstance or situation of a woman giving birth to a child; parturition: to lie in childbed.
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How to use childbed in a sentence
His lady shortly after dying in childbed, to his credit he was re-chosen a fellow of the college before mentioned.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxePillows, which had before been despised by the farmer and the trader as fit only "for women in childbed," were now in general use.
History of the English People | John Richard GreenThis is often observed in childbed, and sometimes even comes on during labor.
Close by, a Kaffir was digging a grave for a Zulu woman who had died in childbed.
Ladysmith | H. W. NevinsonDied in childbed a year later, me being at that time on my first voyage.
Poison Island | Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)
British Dictionary definitions for childbed
/ (ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd) /
(often preceded by in) the condition of giving birth to a child
(as modifier): childbed fever
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