HANGING (suspended in air)
ADJECTIVES
19C ► A-COCKBILL free, dangling free → nautical colloq.
1830 ► BAGGY hanging loosely; stretched by wear → Eng. sl.
1867 ► LALLOPPING hanging down, trailing → Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1679 ► BIMBOMS church bells; hence, applied to anything hanging, as icicles, tags of a bonnet or dress, mucus hanging from the nose, cobwebs, etc. → Eng. dial.
1905 ► TANGLE anything hanging, as a torn piece of a dress → Eng. dial. (Bk.)