Brief article favoured hanging (7)
I believe the answer is:
curtain
'hanging' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'brief article favoured' is the wordplay.
'brief' becomes 'curt' ('curt' can be a synonym of 'brief').
'article' becomes 'a' (indefinite article).
'favoured' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'curt'+'a'+'in'='CURTAIN'
(Other definitions for curtain that I've seen before include "Final instruction of play" , "It can be drawn" , "Hanging fabric" , "Hanging cloth" , "Hanging, window cover" .)