of hang-requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.-suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.-adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.-the act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.-death by suspension; execution by a halter.-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.