Prescribed period of time; spec. the prescribed period of repose after childbearing. Only in Shakespeare. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > time after (6) limita1616 Prescribed period of time; spec. the prescribed period of repose after childbearing. Only in Shakespeare. Obsolete. gander-montha1632 the month after a wife's confinement (? allusion to the gander's aimless wandering while the goose is sitting). month1631 The month after childbirth, during which time a woman was formerly expected to be confined; in early use esp. the period before ‘churching’. See also… steg-month1828 = gander-month n. at gander, n. compounds 2. puerperium1845 The period of time immediately following the delivery of a child (or offspring); spec. the period between the end of labour and complete involution… gander-moon1886 (see gander-month n.). |
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