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