What is "hangings"

Usage examples of "hangings".

Tobin turned slowly, taking in the great hall, with its ancient sideboards, hangings, and elegant carvings on the beams and walls.

The walls and carved bed were covered with bright hangings embroidered with fanciful underwater scenes, and the marble mantel was carved with dolphins.

Tobin glanced through an open door as they passed and saw a sagging bed with tattered hangings, but no rats.

He met with merchants in the hall, too, and soon polished plate appeared on the bare shelves and bright new hangings arrived by the cartload.

The furnishings were plain and few, with no hangings or plate in sight.

A few servants were at work, polishing and scrubbing, but the furnishings and hangings, even the brightly painted walls, were more faded than she recalled.

Have the servants set up a good bedstead with hangings for him, and a decent one for the herald, as well.

A tall bed with hangings of black and gold stood on a raised platform in the center of the room.

Ki flung back the black hangings on the bed and launched himself into a somersault across the velvet counterpane.

The heavy dark red hangings around the bed were just like the ones at the keep.

This chamber was austere to the point of severity by comparison, with plain hangings and few comforts.

He went to the bed and pulled back one of the heavy hangings, thinking his friend must still be asleep, but found the bed empty.