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apron-string hold

apron-string hold noun: an estate held by a man during his wife's life.

Noun

apron-string hold (plural apron-string holds)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, obsolete) An estate held by a man during his wife's life.
    • He resided at Staleck and the fief made was converted into an "apron-string hold" and hereditary fief, for the benefit of his wife and daughter; for that in opposition to the Emperor himself, he had remained firm to the Archbishop in a Diet held at Mainz.1872, W. O. von Horn, The Rhine: History and Legends of Its Castles, Abbeys, Monasteries, and Towns, J. Niedner, page 270

Forms of apron-string hold

pluralapron-string holds

Questions about apron-string hold

What does apron-string hold mean?
Apron-string hold means an estate held by a man during his wife's life.
What part of speech is apron-string hold?
Apron-string hold is a noun.
What is the plural of apron-string hold?
The plural of apron-string hold is apron-string holds.

Words near apron-string hold in the dictionary

  1. apron skirt
  2. apron skirts
  3. apron string
  4. apron strings
  5. apron-string
  6. apron-string hold
  7. apron-strings
  8. aproned
  9. aproneer
  10. aproneers
  11. apronful

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