Hanger /(-ẽr)/

Hang·er

Hanger

n.
  1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
  2. That by which a thing is suspended. (Mach.)
  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.]