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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Couvade \Cou`vade"\ (k[=oo]`v[.a]d"), n. [F., fr couver. See {Covey}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: couvade n : a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child
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