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
Iuno	-	Roman Mythology
Behrouz	-	Persian
Ansigar	-	Ancient Germanic
Garrett	['gærət]
FranÇOise	frawn-SWAWZ	French
Apollonia	-	Ancient Greek, Italian