Definition of "deflowering" in English

verb

1. present participle and gerund of deflower

noun

1. The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.

   • 2005 Muhammad Khalid Masud et al - Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and Their Judgements If a midwife testifies that the wound is old, then deflowering may have occurred prior to the husband's initial penetration of his wife.