childbed
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of childbed
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at child, bed
Example Sentences
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“The childbed is our battlefield,” the late Queen Aemma noted in the premiere, and “Dragon” remains determined to show as well as tell us this fact.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2022
“The childbed is our battlefield,” she said, and we saw how that turned out.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2022
Faced with a doctor-led maternity ward in which maternal deaths from the dreaded childbed fever were significantly higher than in the midwife-run clinic there, he racked his brain for clues as to why.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2020
His circulars were a pathetic attempt to make the world understand the source of childbed fever before madness destroyed him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, it is sickening; reminds me of lying in childbed.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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