The action of putting to death on the gallows, etc., or the fact of being so put to death.

Hanging.

The punishment itself.

The punishment of death by hanging.

colloquial or slang. In expressions referring humorously to death by hanging, as caudle of hempseed, hempen caudle. Cf. hempen, adj. 1b. Obsolete.

colloquial or slang. In expressions referring humorously to death by hanging, as caudle of hempseed, hempen caudle. Cf. hempen, adj. 1b. Obsolete.

slang or colloquial. Hanging. Also attributive.

hanging; lynch law.

death by hanging.

The action of binding or fastening with a cord; hanging (quot. 1619).

Execution by hanging (with allusion to the turning of the victim off the ladder: cf. to turn off 4a at turn, v. phrasal verbs 1). Obsolete.

The action of hanging. Frequently attributive, esp. in nubbing cheat: the gallows.

Hanging or strangling. Cf. cravat, n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

The action of gibbeting.

The action of top, v.1 in various senses. slang. Execution by hanging.

The action of catching or capturing by means of a noose. Also figurative.

in senses of the verb; also spec. the process of extending a new spring beyond the desired normal length, and then compressing it, in order to…

(the vigorous kicking of a person undergoing) death by hanging (cf. to dance the Tyburn jig at dance, v. 4b).

Phrases. dance upon nothing: an ironical expression for hanging (cf. dance, v. 3b).

A small platform or trapdoor on the gallows, on which the condemned stands with the halter round his neck, and which is let fall from under his feet…

The action of hanging something up; the condition of being hung, or of hanging from a support; occasionally hanging as a form of capital punishment…