Usually means: Period of confinement after childbirth.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. lyings-in: Merriam-Webster
  2. lyings-in, lyings-in: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lyings-in: Wiktionary
  4. lyings-in: Dictionary.com
  5. lyings-in: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lyings-in: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. lyings-in: Medical dictionary

(Note: See lying-in as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (lying-in)

noun:  The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
noun:  A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.
adjective:  of, or relating to childbirth or postpartum confinement
▸ Also see lying-in


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