Noun

(en noun)

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:

# A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.

# (machines) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.

# A bridle iron

# A clothes hanger

That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.

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(UK) A steep, wooded declivity.

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Noun

(en noun)

A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.

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, title=Well Tackled! , chapter=7 citation , passage=The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.}}

An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.