Defn: The act or posture of lying down.
The ancient manner of decumbency. Sir T. Browne.
DECUMBENT De*cum"bent, a. Etym: [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie down.]
1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent. The decumbent portraiture of a woman. Ashmole.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray.
DECUMBENTLY
De*cum"bent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a decumbent posture.
DECUMBITURE
De*cum"bi*ture, n.
1. Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness. Boyle.
2. (Astrol.)