downlying

English

Etymology

down +‎ lying

Noun

downlying (plural downlyings)

1. The time of retiring to rest.
   • 1641, George Cavendish, Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe:

     […] him in his house, down-lying and up-rising

2. (Scotland) The travail in childbirth.

References

“downlying”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lying down