hanging

/ˈhæŋɪŋ/

/ˈheɪŋɪŋ/

Other forms: hangings

Definitions of hanging

1. noun

   the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
   “there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait”

   synonyms: dangling, suspension

   type of:

   support, supporting

   the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
2. noun

   a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
   type of:

   capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution

   putting a condemned person to death
3. noun

   decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
   “the cold castle walls were covered with hangings”

   synonyms: wall hanging

   types:

   dossal, dossel

   an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel

   Kakemono

   a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom

   lambrequin

   short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing

   arras, tapestry

   a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs

   type of:

   decoration, ornament, ornamentation

   something used to beautify