lying-in

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.

   “from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying-in, we were almost inseparable companions […]”

2. isim A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.

   “As she lay by the birth-fire, she gazed on the face of the child asleep in the bamboo cradle […] Once free from the lying-in, Linchong set herself to bringing up the baby.”

3. sıfat of, or relating to childbirth
4. sıfat of, or relating to postpartum confinement