Hanger

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:

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

4. A bridle iron.

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

6. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.