couvade

cou·vade  (k-väd)

n.

A practice in certain cultures in which the husband of a woman in labor takes to his bed as though he were bearing the child.

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[French, from Old French, from couver, to incubate, hatch, from Latin cubre, to lie down on.]

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Noun

1.

couvade - a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child custom, usage, usance - accepted or habitual practice