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Pronunciation : Cou`vade" (k`vd")
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. couver. See Covey.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913