Hanger

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

That by which a thing is suspended.

A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.

A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.

A bridle iron.

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

A steep, wooded declivity.