apron-string
n. முன்றானையை உடம்போடு சேர்த்துக்கட்டும் கயிறு.
A"pron string`. Defn: The string of an apron. To be tied to a wife's or mother's apron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother. He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives. Macaulay.