Apron string

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounOne of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.

2.NounA symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother).

"tied to someone's apron strings"

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