n. & adj.
--n.
1. a the practice or an act of executing by hanging a person. b (attrib.) meriting or causing this (a hanging offence).
2 (usu. in pl.) draperies hung on a wall etc.
--adj. that hangs or is hung; suspended.
Phrases and idioms:
hanging gardens gardens laid out on a steep slope. hanging valley a valley, usu. tributary, above the level of the valleys or plains it joins.