childbearing means of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.
Etymology
From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.
adj
- Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.“Women in the latter stages of childbearing should not be permitted to attend the toll of the manufactories.”
- Of a woman's hips, attractively wide.“Hips that in the old country would be considered good childbearing hips, but in this country are too wide.”
noun
- The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.“From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings.”