ˈnavel-string
[f. navel n.; cf. Du. navelstreng, Da. navlestreng, Sw. nafvelsträng.]
The organic structure connecting the fœtus with the placenta; the umbilical cord.
| 1587 Golding De Mornay xiv. (1592) 223 As if they should say,..he cannot liue when he is come out of her womb, if his nauilstrings be cut off. 1634 T. Johnson Parey's Wks. 604 The navel-string must bee tied with a double thred. 1671 Grew Anat. Plants i. vii. (1682) 48 Two slender Fibres, like two Navel-strings. 1754–64 Smellie Midwifery I. 232 Tie the navel-string about two fingers breadth from the belly of the child. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 155 The navel-string hangs down below the head. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 269 Inflammation of the navel-string, occurring a few days after a lamb is dropped. |