cintre Anglais:

he drew back his hanger

The closet contained a second suit and three shirts, each on its own hanger with a necktie looped over it.

Because, when I told her I was going out to play with the kids, I was going door to door in the neighborhood to collect coat hangers to put in the basement to sell.

You have to pull the hangers apart to look in; then they fall onto the floor.