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.-a steep, wooded declivity.