HANGING

I. adjective Date: 12th century situated or lying on steeply sloping ground, 2. jutting out ; over~ , supported only by the wall on one side , downcast in appearance, adapted for sustaining a ~ object, deserving, likely to cause, or prone to inflict death by ~, II. noun Date: 14th century an execution by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose, something hung: as, curtain , a covering (as a tapestry) for a wall, a downward slope ; declivity