hanging

noun

1. 1

   the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

   there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

   the cold castle walls were covered with hangings