hanging

Noun
  1. Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window (synset 103496279)
    "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
    is a type of: decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify
    subtypes:
    • 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 often with pictorial designs
    same as: wall hanging
  2. A form of capital punishment;
    Victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead (synset 101167364)
    "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
    is a type of: capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
  3. The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) (synset 101019643)
    "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
    is a type of: support, supporting - the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
    same as: dangling, suspension

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