3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a
gate, the post which holds the hinges.
Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from
beneath. -- Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial
elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. -- Hanging
indentation. See under Indentation. -- Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail
of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. -- Hanging side
(Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. --
Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down
the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. -- 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. -- Hanging wall
(Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the
miner's head when working in the vein.
Hang"ing, n. 1. The act of suspending anything; the state of being
suspended.