About The Word Hammock
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Hammock
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What's The Definition Of Hammock?
[n] a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily
[n] a small natural hill Synonyms | Synonyms for Hammock: hillock | hummock | knoll | mound | sack Related Terms | Find terms related to Hammock: See Also | anthill | bed | formicary | hill | kopje | koppie | molehill Hammock In Webster's Dictionary \Ham"mock\, n. [A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca.
Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: ``A
great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the
purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in
which they sleep.'']
1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas
about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the
ends.
2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with
bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
[Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
{Hammock nettings} (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing
hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the
rail, used for that purpose.
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