1. (

• hanging ,
• wall_hanging

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

2. (

• 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" ;

3. (

• suspension ,
• dangling ,
• hanging ,

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