lie-down

[lahy-doun]

noun Chiefly British.

Origin of lie-down

First recorded in 1830–40; noun use of verb phrase lie down

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May we see the horses, Mike—are they having their lie-down, or anything?
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser

period of rest reclining, 1840, from lie (v.2) + down (adv.).