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dower
nouns
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
dower,
dowery,
dowry,
portion
a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
dower
is a type of (narrower)
(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
estate for life,
life estate
verbs
furnish with an endowment
"When she got married, she got dowered"
dower,
endow
is derived from
dowery
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