= heirloom, n. Obsolete.

A chattel that, under a will, settlement, or local custom, follows the devolution of real estate. Hence, Any piece of personal property that has…

†(a) = heirloom, n.; also figurative (obsolete) (archaic in later use); (b) (later) a weaver's loom suitable for use in the home (now historical).

(A collection of) jewels belonging to a particular family, handed down from generation to generation, esp. as an heirloom. Chiefly with the. Also in…

(a) a portrait of a family; (b) a portrait of a family member or ancestor, often kept as an heirloom.