Accubation
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of lying down or reclining; specifically, the ancient practice, derived from the Orient, of eating meals in a recumbent posture.
noun.
In
medicine
, lying-in; confinement; accouchement.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The act or
posture
of
reclining
on a
couch
, as
practiced
by the ancients at meals.
Etymologically Related
accumb
accumbent