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Hanger

Hanger or hangers may refer to:

Hanger, a woodland area on the side of a hill — road going through this woodland may be named 'Hanger Hill'
Clothes hanger, device in the shape of human shoulders or legs used to hang clothes on
Hanger steak, a tender cut of steak
Casing hanger, part of a wellhead assembly in oil drilling
Derailleur hanger, a slot in a bicycle frame where the derailleur bolt attaches to
Monkey hanger, a British term for people from Hartlepool, England
Hanger, part of a skateboard
Hanger (weapon), a sword similar to a cutlass, used by woodsmen and soldiers in 17th to 18th centuries
Hanger, or specky, a slang term for spectacular mark in Australian rules football
Hangers, American slang for large, pendulous breasts
Hanger (barbershop music), a long note sung by one voice in a barbershop music song
A hanger is a vertical cable or rod connecting the roadway of a suspension bridge to the bridge's main cable or arch
Hanger, a type of structural tie.

Places: Hanger Lane, a stretch of the North Circular Road in London, England
Hanger River or Anger River, a river in west central Ethiopia
Hangers Way, 21 mile long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England

People: George Hanger (1750–1824), English author and soldier in the American Revolution
Art Hanger (born 1943), Canadian politician
James Edward Hanger (born 1843), US Civil War veteran and founder of Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc.
Ben Hanger, a professional football player

See also

Hangar
Cliffhanger

Source: Wikipedia


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