apron-string hold | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,obsolete,informal)Anestateheld by a man during his wife's life.1872, W. O. von Horn,The Rhine: History and Legends of Its Castles, Abbeys, Monasteries, and Towns, J. Niedner, page270: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.

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