heir-loom

English

Noun

heir-loom (plural heir-looms)

1. An old variation on heirloom.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 92:

     If the fair Mancini manages the son as her uncle has managed the mother, France is but a heir-loom to the Mazarins.