lying-in

American  

[lahy-ing-in] / ˈlaɪ ɪŋˈɪn /

noun

plural

lyings-in, lying-ins

1. the state of being in childbed; confinement.

---

adjective

1. pertaining to or providing facilities for childbirth.

   a lying-in hospital.

lying-in British  

noun

1. 1. confinement in childbirth

   2. ( as modifier )

      a lying-in hospital

---

Etymology

Origin of lying-in

First recorded in 1400–50, lying-in is from late Middle English lyynge in. See lie ², -ing ¹, in

Example Sentences

Columbia Women’s opened for business inside a former mansion as a “hospital and dispensary for the treatment of diseases peculiar to women, and a lying-in asylum,” according to its congressional charter.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2019

Thirteen years ago Dr. Edward Adelbert Doisy of St. Louis obtained thousands of gallons of urine from pregnant women in lying-in hospitals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hirohito was born in the lying-in chamber of Tokyo's Aoyama Palace on April 29, 1901.

From Time Magazine Archive

For he is called to Chicago on the day he is to marry a home-town girl, to do his duty by Teresa Wright in a lying-in hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the conduct of lying-in hospitals it should never be forgotten that with the multiplication of the septic germs the danger increases.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various