Hanging - Definition

n 1: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a
window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
[syn: hanging, wall hanging]
2: 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: 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, hanging]