childbearing adjective 2noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.Women in the latter stages of childbearing should not be permitted to attend the toll of the manufactories. — 1836 •(informal, figurative) Of a woman's hips, attractively wide.Hips that in the old country would be considered good childbearing hips, but in this country are too wide. — 2004 noun1 •The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings. — 1865 formschildbearings
