accouchement

Simply called a "Roasted Broccoli and Brussels Salad," it features warmed, crispy vegetables; cool accouchements like cheese, dates and almonds; and the amazing inclusion of Calabrian chili paste in the dressing.

Buckingham Palace used the Court Circular to clarify the circumstances of what happened in a bid to correct any "erroneous" accounts about the Queen's "accouchement" - confinement after child birth.

She presided at numerous artistic accouchements; she was, pre-eminently, the critical midwife to many poets, pianists, painters, composers, and thinkers.

Euphemia said that her acquaintance with Agnes Sampson began with her first accouchement, when she applied to her to mitigate her pains, and she did so by transferring them to a dog.

For Anne of Brittany's accouchement the other ambassadors had ordered coloured clothes; he alone has to appear in black garments, and is much distressed.