hanger

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a worker who hangs something
  2. anything from which something can be hung
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hanger \Hang"er\ (-[~e]r), n.

1.One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. [1913 Webster]

2.That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: (a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. (b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft. (c) A bridle iron. [1913 Webster]

3.That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword. [1913 Webster]

4.A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] --Gilbert White. [1913 Webster]

Bridle iron \Bri"dle i`ron\ (Arch.) A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger. [1913 Webster]
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