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hanging

DEFINITIONS OF: hanging

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n 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

n 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”
Type of:
capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution
putting a condemned person to death

n 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:
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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
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