birthing

2 definitions found

birthing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Birthing \Birth"ing\, n.
     1. (Naut.) Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.
        --Bailey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. the act or process of giving birth.
        [PJC]

birthing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  birthing
      n 1: the process of giving birth [syn: parturition, birth,
           giving birth, birthing]