Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accouchement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accouchement \Ac*couche"ment\ (#; 277), n. [F., fr. accoucher to
be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier
orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare
to lay, put, place. See {Collate}.]
Delivery in childbed
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
accouchement
n : the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the
process of giving birth to a child [syn: {childbirth}, {childbearing},
{vaginal birth}]
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