Heirloom : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Heirloom	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Heirloom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heirloom n (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance something that has been in a family for generations
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heirloom \Heir"loom`\, n. [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of implement, tool. See {Loom} the frame.] Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations. Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of his ancestors. --Moir.