cou·vade (k -väd )n. A practice in certain non-Western cultures in which the husband of a woman in labor takes to his bed as though he were bearing the child. |
couvade
[ko̅o̅väd′]
a custom in some non-Western cultures whereby the husband goes through mock labor while his wife is giving birth.
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