crownings

Noun

crowning (plural crownings)

1. A coronation.
   • The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart.
2. The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
   • There were outflankings and crownings of hills by numbers of thirteen and seventeen men, that made one hold one's breath.1860, Fraser's Magazine, volume 61, page 711
3. The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
   • When your baby’s head remains visible without slipping back in, it is known as crowning.2012 April, Baby Crowning, American Pregnancy Association

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