Ac-couche'ment, n.

(ă-koosh'mŏng), n. [Fr., from accoucher, to deliver a woman; O. Fr. accoucher, acolcher, aculchier, compounded of Lat. ac, ad, and Fr. coucher, to lay down; from Lat. collocare, to lay, put, place, It. colcare, Pr. colyar, O. Fr. coucer, cuchier, couchier, colcher. See Couch.] Delivery in child-bed.