·noun Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
II. Hanging ·adj Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
III. Hanging ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Hang.
IV. Hanging ·adj Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
V. Hanging ·noun The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
VI. Hanging ·adj Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
VII. Hanging ·noun That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, ·etc., or to cover or drape a door or window;
— used chiefly in the plural.