LYING-IN


Meaning of LYING-IN in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun

( plural lyings-in or lying-ins )

Etymology: Middle English lyynge yn, from lyynge, liynge, gerund of lien, ligen to lie + yn, in in (adverb) — more at lie , in

: the state attending and consequent to childbirth : confinement

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