English dictionary
couvade
/k/u/'v/A/d/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913