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heirloom

N มรดกตกทอด  mor-ra-dok-tok-tod

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEIRLOOM

Heir "loom `, n. Etym: [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of implement, tool. See Loom the frame. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

heirloom

heir loom |ˈe (ə )rˌlo͞om ˈɛrˌlum | ▶noun a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations. ORIGIN late Middle English: from heir + loom 1 (which formerly had the senses ‘tool, heirloom ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

heirloom

heir |loom |ˈɛːluːm | ▶noun a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations. ORIGIN late Middle English: from heir + loom 1 (which formerly had the senses ‘tool, heirloom ’).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

heirloom

heir loom /éə r lùːm /名詞 C (先祖代々からの )財産 [宝 ].