wall hanging
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wall hanging
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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The word — in big white letters, set against layers of blue — appears toward the top of the mural, on the store’s brick wall facing Lake.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Thrill Island, also on Deck 16 and one of eight neighborhoods, has six waterslides, a surfing area, a rock-climbing wall facing the ocean, and a mini-golf course.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024
On Monday, it emerged a document with redacted information regarding the data breach had appeared on a wall facing a Sinn Féin office on the Falls Road in Belfast.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2023
A sign of local impatience with OMA erupted last month when a large mural critical of the museum was wheatpasted onto a wall facing one of its main approaches.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022
He barked and cut a path that led to a sandstone archway embedded into a stone wall facing a trickle of stream.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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