" hanging his hat "

[Verb]  | "hang" | \ ˈhaŋ \

1: to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : suspend

2: to suspend by the neck until dead —often hanged in the past—often used as a mild oath

3: to fasten so as to allow free motion within given limits upon a point of suspension

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Partly from Middle English hon, from Old English hōn, transitive verb; partly from Middle English hangen, from Old English hangian, intransitive verb & transitive verb; both akin to Old High German hāhan, transitive verb, to hang, hangēn, intransitive verb {mat|cunctation|};