Dower

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The property with which a woman is endowed.

II. Dower ·noun That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

III. Dower ·noun That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

IV. Dower ·noun That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.