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Meaning of apron-string hold | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An estate held by a man during his wife's life.

idiomatic, informal, obsolete

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

aproneer apronful aproning apronitin Aprons apronym

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