pendant

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pendant

▶noun

• 1 a piece of jewellery that hangs from a necklace chain.

• 2 a light designed to hang from the ceiling.

• 3 the part of a pocket watch by which it is suspended.

• 4 a short rope hanging from the head of a ship's mast, yardarm, or clew of a sail, used for attaching tackles.

• 5 Nautical a tapering flag.

• 6 /ˈpɛnd(ə)nt, ˈpɒ̃dɒ̃/ a complementary or matching artistic, literary, or musical work.

▶adjective pendent.

– origin ME: from OFr., lit. ‘hanging’, pres. part. of pendre, from L. pendent-, pendere.