heirloom








noun

  1. a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
  2. Law. property neither personal nor real that descends to the heir of an estate as part of the real property.

adjective

  1. noting or relating to an old plant variety that is being cultivated again: heirloom vegetables and fruits.Compare heritage(def 6).

noun

  1. an object that has been in a family for generations
  2. property law a chattel inherited by special custom or in accordance with the terms of a will
n.

early 15c., ayre lome, a hybrid from heir + loom in its original but now otherwise obsolete sense of “implement, tool.” Technically, some piece of property that by will or custom passes down with the real estate.

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