pendant

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective.

noun

1. (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
2. A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
3. The dangling part of an earring.
4. (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
5. (fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.
   One vase is the pendant to the other vase.
6. (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
7. A lamp hanging from the roof.
8. An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
9. A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
10. (obsolete) An appendix or addition, as to a book.
    Many […] have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology
11. (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles.
12. (obsolete) A pendulum.
    a pendant being brought up to any height by the force of a former motion downwards