hanger

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hanger1

▶noun

• 1 a person who hangs something.

• 2 (also coat hanger) a shaped piece of wood, plastic, or metal with a hook at the top, for hanging clothes from a rail.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hanger2

▶noun Brit. a wood on the side of a steep hill.

– origin OE hangra, from hangian ‘hang’.