Definition
• | 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. |