1 [U,C] the practice of killing sb as a punishment by putting a rope around their neck and hanging them from a high place; an occasion when this happens:
to sentence sb to death by hanging * public hangings
2 [C,usually pl.] a large piece of material that is hung on a wall for decoration:
wall hangings
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