That bears a child or children. (Also fig.)
1382. Wyclif, Isa. xlix. 21. Bareyn, not child berende.
a. 1617. Bayne, On Eph. (1658), 68. That gratifying Mother, child-bearing grace.
1655. Gouge, Comm. Heb. (ii. 18), 255. Child-bearing women are more pitifull to others in their travails, then such women as are barren.
