hanger : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hanger	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hanger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hanger n a worker who hangs something anything from which something can be hung
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bridle iron \Bri"dle i`ron\ (Arch.) A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also {stirrup} and {hanger}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hanger \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.