What does "hanger" mean?

Hanger: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
  2. 3.A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.

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