Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hanger

(A). Properly the fringed loop or strap hung to the girdle by which the dagger was suspended, but applied by a common figure of speech to the sword or dagger itself.

“Men's swords in hangers hang fast by their side.” —J.Taylor (1630).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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