decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
[ Syn: wall hanging ]
a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment'
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait
[ Syn: suspension , dangling ]