childbed

American  

[chahyld-bed] / ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd /

noun

1. the circumstance or situation of a woman giving birth to a child; parturition.

   to lie in childbed.

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childbed British  

/ ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd /

noun

1. 1. (often preceded by in) the condition of giving birth to a child

   2. ( as modifier )

      childbed fever

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Etymology

Origin of childbed

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at child, bed

Example Sentences

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childbed

At the top of the episode, an uncomfortably pregnant Queen Aemma foreshadows her fate: “The childbed is our battlefield,” she tells her daughter, Princess Rhaenyra.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 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

Sulfanilamide, the "wonder drug," introduced into the U. S. in 1936, is credited with remarkable cures in cases of gonorrhea, childbed fever, other streptococcal infections.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lady Minisa Tully had died in childbed, trying to give Lord Hoster a second son.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin