WALL HANGING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

Example:

the cold castle walls were covered with hangings

Synonyms:

hanging; wall hanging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wall hanging" is a kind of...):

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wall hanging"):

dossal; dossel (an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel)

Kakemono (a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom)

lambrequin (short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing)

arras; tapestry (a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs)