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child-birth|ˈtʃaɪldbɜːθ| [f. as prec. + birth.] The bearing or birth of a child; parturition.
1549Bk. Com. Prayer, Matrimony Rubric, This prayer folowing shalbe omitted where the woman is past chylde byrth. 1606Holland Sueton. 242 An olde Oke..which at 3 childbirths of Vespasia sodainly did put forth every time a several bough. 1779Johnson L.P., Milton, She died..of childbirth, or some distemper that followed it. 1876Green Short Hist. vii. §1 Jane Seymour died next year in child-birth. fig.16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. ii. vi. (Arb.) 33, I am so great in child-birth with this iest. |