COUVADES

Noun

couvades

plural of couvade

Source: Wiktionary


COUVADE

Cou`vade" (k`vd"), n. Etym: [F., fr. couver. See Covey.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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