Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - hanging

 I. adjective  Date: 12th century  1. situated or lying on steeply sloping ground  2.  a. jutting out ; over~ a ~ rock  b. supported only by the wall on one side a ~ staircase  3. archaic downcast in appearance  4. adapted for sustaining a ~ object  5. deserving, likely to cause, or prone to inflict death by ~  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