HANG'ING, ppr. Suspending to something above.
1. Being suspended; dangling; swinging.2. Foreboding death by the halter. What a hanging face!3. Requiring punishment by the halter; as a hanging matter.HANG'ING, n. Any kind of drapery hung or fastened to the walls or a room, by way of ornament.
No purple hangings clothe the palace walls.1. Death by the halter; as hard words or hanging.2. Display; exhibition.