The Collaborative International Dictionary
Downlying
Downlying \Down"ly`ing\, n.
The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.
--Cavendish.
At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]
Wiktionary
downlying
n. 1 The time of retire to rest. 2 (context Scotland English) The travail in childbirth.