Hāir'-lōom, n.

(âr'lōom), n. [Eng. heir, and A-S. loma, geloma, household stuff. See LOOM.] 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 heir-looms of his ancestors. Moir.