apron-string hold



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.
See also: hold

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BertBURT (English), BERT (German, Dutch)English, German, Dutch
Athanasia-Greek, Ancient Greek
Dezi-English
SableSAY-bəlEnglish (Modern)
Timo (1)TEE-moFinnish, German, Dutch
IrisIE-ris (English), EE-ris (German, Dutch), EE-rees (Finnish, Spanish)Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish