apron string

== English == === Alternative forms === apron-string === Pronunciation === === Noun === apron string (plural apron strings) One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist. (idiomatic, usually in the plural) A symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== cut the umbilical cord