accouchement
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of accouchement
1800–10; < French, derivative, with -ment -ment, of accoucher to give birth, be delivered, assist in giving birth, Old French: to lie down, take to bed, equivalent to ac- ac- + coucher to put to bed; see couch
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At her first accouchement she took the precaution of registering at the hospital under a false name, thereby assuring detailed reports of the event in the newspapers.
From Time Magazine Archive
All such details of accouchement can be arranged in homely midwife fashion by the Director of the Bank of Scotland.
From Time Magazine Archive
The jargon of self-help abounds in new attitudes toward accouchement.
From Time Magazine Archive
And as Fabiola canceled all engagements for the duration, all Belgium hoped for a safe accouchement.
From Time Magazine Archive
This lofty object of ambition and of hope was the attending the lady of Mr. Cartwright, of Cartwright Park, at her approaching accouchement.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Trollope, Mrs
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