English Explanatory Dictionary

behang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape.

Word forms

behang behangs behanging behung

Etymology

From Middle English *behangen, behongen, bihangien, bihengen, from Old English behōn (“to hang round”), equivalent to be- + hang. Cognate with Dutch behangen (“to decorate”), German behängen (“to hang, drape, decorate”).

Derived words

behung
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