Hangings
['hæŋɪŋ]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Drapery, tapestry.
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Examples
- Yes, said Mr. Brooke, this would be a pretty room with some new hangings, sofas, and that sort of thing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He lifted the hangings from the wall, uncovering the second door: this, too, he opened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Some thick old hangings had been nailed up before the windows, to deaden the sound of the shrieks. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- From the hangings and sumptuous furniture of the room I judged it to be a living-room of some priestess, possibly of Issus herself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- My guide drew aside one of the tapestries, disclosing a passage which encircled the room, between the hangings and the walls of the chamber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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