A form of execution or suicide where one is suspended in air from a noose and, thus, suffocated.
A public event at which a person is hanged.
supported from above; "the child dabbled his dangling feet in the water"; "fuchsias in hanging pots"; "pendent bunches of grapes"; "a suspended fireplace"
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"
something that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window