CALVING

calving

(noun) giving birth to a calf

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

calving

present participle of calve

Noun

calving (plural calvings)

The act of giving birth to a calf

The breaking away of a mass of ice from an iceberg, glacier etc.

Source: Wiktionary

CALVE

Calve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calved 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Calving.] Etym: [AS. cealfian. See Calf.]

1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." Job xxi. 10.

2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring. Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve Job xxxix. 1. The grassy clods now calved. Molton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition