hangings
noun
Definitions
The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
Example: Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged.
Example: The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).
Example: The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
Example: I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.