Hanging

Definition of Hanging

Hang´ing
a.1.Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
2.Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.
3.Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.
Hanging compass
a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath.
Hanging garden
a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.
Hanging indentation
See under Indentation.
Hanging rail
(Arch.) that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached.
Hanging side
(Mining) the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein.
Hanging sleeves
a - Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders.
b - Loose, flowing sleeves.
Hanging stile
a - (Arch.) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured.
b - That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened.
Hanging wall
(Mining) the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
n.1.The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
2.Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
3.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.
Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls.
- Dryden.

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