hang·er /ˈhæŋɚ/
(v.)懸掛;決竅;意義懸掛者;絞型執行人;衣架;短劍
Hang·er n.
1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
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.
3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.]
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hanger
n 1: a worker who hangs something
2: anything from which something can be hung