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A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.

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  1. n. A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
  2. n. a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child
  3. A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. Tylor.
  4. A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a womangives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husbandundergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days.Tylor.
  5. n. a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child