hanging : Idioms & Phrases


Hanging compass

  • a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath.
Webster 1913

Hanging garden

  • a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.
Webster 1913

Hanging indentation

  • . See under Indentation.
Webster 1913

Hanging rail

  • (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached.
Webster 1913

Hanging side

  • (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein.
Webster 1913

Hanging sleeves

  • . (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves.
Webster 1913

Hanging stile

  • . (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened.
Webster 1913

Hanging wall

  • noun the upper wall of an inclined fault
WordNet
  • (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
Webster 1913