1884 ‘E. Lyall’ III. iii. 60 No pain she had ever suffered had been a wasted thing, nor had it merely taught her personally some needful lesson; it had been rather her allotted service, her share of pain-bearing, sin-bearing, Christ-following,..given to her as one of the best of gifts by the Father himself.
1904 at Pain sb.1 Pain-bearing.
2002 (Nexis) 25 Sept. 41 The researchers were unable to say why coffee did not boost men's pain-bearing abilities.