apron-string tenure



apron-string tenure

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 tenure, though, and he shall be dispossessed of it when she passes.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Weland-Germanic Mythology, Anglo-Saxon Mythology
LexyLEKS-eeEnglish
Alysiaə-LIS-yəEnglish
Mcdowell[mək'dauəl]
Tsubasatsoo-bah-sahJapanese
KatheryneKATH-ə-rin, KATH-rinEnglish (Rare)