- Wardrobe accessory - One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. - That by which a thing is suspended. - A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is
suspended. - A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
See Illust. of Countershaft. - A bridle iron. - That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the
side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.