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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bridle iron \Bri"dle i`ron\ (Arch.) A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had -- called also {stirrup} and {hanger}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hanger \Hang"er\, n. 1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. 2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: a A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. b (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of {Countershaft}. c A bridle iron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hanger n : anything from which something can be hung
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