after-burden

English

Noun

after-burden (plural after-burdens)

1. Alternative form of afterburthen
   • 1937, Alan Frank Guttmacher -, Into this Universe: The Story of Human Birth, page 15:

     The child neither cried nor seemed to breathe, but he could be given no succour until the womb was freed of its afterburden; and all efforts were centred upon this.

   • 1860, The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher, →ISBN:

     But if the after-burden should come first, it must not be put up again by any means; for the infant having no further occasion for it, it would be but an obstacle if it were put up; in this case, it must be cut off, having tied the navel string, and afterwards draw forth the child with all speed that may be, lest it be suffocated.