Hanger
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Hanger or hangers may refer to:
- Clothes hangerClothes hangerA clothes hanger, coat hanger or coathanger, is a device in the shape of:* Human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles, with a lower bar for the hanging of trousers or skirts.* Clamp for the hanging of...
, device in the shape of human shoulders or legs used to hang clothes on - Hanger steakHanger steakA hanger steak is a cut of beef steak prized for its flavor. Derived from the diaphragm of a steer or heifer, it typically weighs about 1.0 to 1.5 lb . In the past, it was sometimes known as "butcher's steak" because butchers would often keep it for themselves rather than offer it for...
, a tender cut of steak - Casing hangerCasing hangerThe casing hanger is that portion of a wellhead assembly which provides support for the casing string when it is lowered into the wellbore. It serves to ensure that the casing is properly located. When the casing string has been run into the wellbore it is hung off, or suspended, by a casing...
, part of a wellhead assembly in oil drilling - Derailleur hanger, a slot in a bicycle frame where the derailleur bolt attaches
- Monkey hangerMonkey hanger"Monkey hanger" is an affectionate term by which Hartlepudlians are often known.According to local folklore, the term originates from an incident in which a monkey was hanged in Hartlepool. During the Napoleonic wars, a French ship of the type chasse marée was wrecked off the coast of Hartlepool...
, a British term for people from Hartlepool, England - Hanger, part of a skateboardSkateboardA skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surfing craze of the early 1960s,...
- Hanger, a sword similar to a cutlassCutlassA cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket shaped guard...
, used by woodsmen and soldiers in 17th to 18th centuries - Hanger, or speckySpeckyA spectacular mark is a term for a type of mark in Australian rules football...
, a slang term for spectacular mark in Australian rules football - Hangers, American slang for large, pendulous breasts
- Hanger (barbershop music)Hanger (barbershop music)A hanger in barbershop music is a long note, held by one of the voices in the quartet, while the other voices are free to change notes, and even breathe. Hangers usually occur in the tag of a Barbershop song, although they may occur anywhere. The held note is typically the tonic note of the song...
, 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 bridgeSuspension bridgeA suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan, where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century, this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century...
to the bridge's main cable or arch - Tie (engineering)Tie (engineering)A tie, structural tie, connector, or structural connector is a structural component designed to resist tension. It is the opposite of a strut, which is designed to resist compression. Ties are generally made of galvanized steel...
a type of structural tie - An old English word for a wooded slope from the Old English word hangra, preserved in English place names such as Hanger LaneHanger LaneHanger Lane is a major road in the Ealing and Park Royal areas of London. It forms the westernmost part of the A406 North Circular as it runs north from Gunnersbury Avenue as it crosses the A4020 Uxbridge Road at Ealing Common to meet the A40 Western Avenue at the Hanger Lane Gyratory System...
Places
- Hanger LaneHanger LaneHanger Lane is a major road in the Ealing and Park Royal areas of London. It forms the westernmost part of the A406 North Circular as it runs north from Gunnersbury Avenue as it crosses the A4020 Uxbridge Road at Ealing Common to meet the A40 Western Avenue at the Hanger Lane Gyratory System...
, a stretch of the North Circular Road in London, England - Hanger RiverHanger RiverHanger River is a river in west central Ethiopia. It is a west-flowing tributary of the Didessa River, itself a tributary of the Blue Nile...
or Anger River, a river in west central Ethiopia - Hangers WayHangers WayHangers Way is a 21 mile long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England from Alton railway station to Queen Elizabeth Country Park.The name Hanger comes from the Old English word hangra, meaning a steeply wooded slope....
, 21 mile long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England
People
- George HangerGeorge HangerGeorge Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine was a British soldier, author, and eccentric.-Biography:He was born into a prosperous family in Gloucestershire, being the third son of seven children. His father, was Gabriel Hanger, a...
(1750–1824), English author and soldier in the American Revolution - Art HangerArt HangerArthur "Art" Hanger is a Canadian politician.Hanger is a former member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, having represented the riding of Calgary Northeast since 1993 until his retirement in 2008. He has also been a member of the Reform Party of Canada , and the...
(born 1943), Canadian politician - James Edward HangerJames Edward HangerJames Edward Hanger was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War, a prosthetist and a businessman. It is reported that he became the first amputee of the war after being struck in the leg by a cannonball...
(born 1843), US Civil War veteran and founder of Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics|Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. - Mostyn HangerMostyn HangerSir Mostyn Hanger KBE was a judge, Chief Justice of Queensland, and Administrator of Queensland.-Early years:...
(1908 – 1980) was a judge, Chief Justice of QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, and Administrator of Queensland.