/keuhn fuyn"meuhnt/ , n.
1. the act of confining.
2. the state of being confined.
3. the lying-in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth.
4. Mil. incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment (distinguished from arrest ).
[ 1640-50; CONFINE + -MENT; cf. F confinement ]