lying-in

American  

[lahy-ing-in] / ˈlaɪ ɪŋˈɪn /

noun

plural

lyings-in, lying-ins

1. the state of being in childbed; confinement.

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adjective

1. pertaining to or providing facilities for childbirth.

   a lying-in hospital.

lying-in British  

noun

1. 1. confinement in childbirth

   2. ( as modifier )

      a lying-in hospital

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Etymology

Origin of lying-in

First recorded in 1400–50, lying-in is from late Middle English lyynge in. See lie ², -ing ¹, in

Example Sentences

Columbia Women’s opened for business inside a former mansion as a “hospital and dispensary for the treatment of diseases peculiar to women, and a lying-in asylum,” according to its congressional charter.

From Washington Post

This factory bank was "a great boon to the married women ... as a kind of lying-in club."

From Time

It was easy for his opponents, for the most part managers of the great lying-in asylums, to show from clinical experiences the weakness of so one-sided a theory.

From Project Gutenberg

For all practical purposes 60� to 63� F. is quite sufficient, and surgical and lying-in cases do well in lower temperatures.

From Project Gutenberg

It would be improper for the books out of which the historical trappings of his Joan of Arc were to be manufactured to travel in a lying-in hospital for cats.

From Project Gutenberg