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Meaning of lying-in | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
  2. A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.

Equivalents

Ελληνικά τοκετός
Français Accouchement
Nederlands bevalling
Polski połóg połogowy

Examples

“from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying-in, we were almost inseparable companions […]”
“As she lay by the birth-fire, she gazed on the face of the child asleep in the bamboo cradle […] Once free from the lying-in, Linchong set herself to bringing up the baby.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Lyingly Lyings lyke lyke gate lyke-gate lykegate

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