01 n. A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
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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.