Wiktionary
lyings-in
n. (plural of lying-in English)
WordNet
lying-in
n. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, travail, childbed]
[also: lyings-in (pl)]
lyings-in
See lying-in
Usage examples of "lyings-in".
Why, what with cousins, uncles, aunts, and relationships of this, that, and t’other degree, and whatnot degree, and marriages, and lyings-in, the Swidgers - Tumbler - might take hold of hands, and make a ring round England!