[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The act of giving birth to a child; childbearing, parturition, delivery.


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English. Probably partly from (i) child + -ing

[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- That bears or is capable of bearing a child or children; pregnant; in labour; recently delivered of a child. Now archaic or in historical contexts.

- Designating plants which produce younger or smaller florets around an older blossom (regarded as the parent); as "childing daisy", "childing pink", etc. Now chiefly historical.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From child + -ing