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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger.
2. 2
   A form of hanger by which the scabbard of a sword was suspended, attached not necessarily to the girdle, but sometimes to two rings fastened to the cuirass at its bottom edge, one over the left hip, the other near the middle of the back.

Etymology

From hang + -le.

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