apron-string hold

obsolete A property or estate owned by a woman but controlled by her husband during her life and then by her family after her death. He has a vast property; it is but an apron-string hold, though, and he shall be dispossessed of it when she passes.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ŽIgmund	-	Slovak
PatrÍCio	pə-TREE-syoo	Portuguese
'Ira'	-	Biblical Hebrew
Hilaria	[hi'lɛəriə]
Lumusi	-	Western African, Ewe
Chikako	chee-kah-ko	Japanese