hanging
Nouns
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(n) decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
- the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
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(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
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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