Definitions for: Couvade


[n] a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child



Webster (1913) Definition: Cou`vade" (k[=oo]`v[.a]d"), n. [F., fr. couver. See
Covey.]
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.

See Also: custom, usage, usance

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