accouchement
/əˈkuːʃmɒ̃
/noun [mass noun] archaic
The action of giving birth to a baby.Ayurveda has very beautifully described the accouchement ward where the mother of the child is to be kept after delivery....
- People in Anatolia resort to a number of practices, to protect against the mother or baby-snatcher, who is believed to live in stables, haylofts, mills, deserted ruins, wells, water sources and places where women in accouchement and newborn babies are left alone.
Origin
Late 18th century: French, from accoucher 'act as midwife', from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + coucher 'put to bed' (see couch1).
- narrow gauge
- narrow goods
- narrow-gutted
- narrow-hearted
- narrow-heartedness
- narrow house
- narrowish
- narrow-leaf
- narrow-leaved
- narrow-leaved dock
- narrow-leaved everlasting pea
- narrow-leaved plantain
- narrow-leaved vetch
- narrowly
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedly
- narrow-mindedness
- narrow money
- narrow-mouthed
- narrow-necked
- narrowness
- narrow-range
- Narrows
- narrow seas
- narrow-sighted