Hammock

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hammock \Ham"mock\ (h[a^]m"m[o^]k), 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 long and three feet wide, suspended by
        clews or cords at the ends.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with
        bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
        [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Hammock nettings} (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing
        hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the
        rail, used for that purpose. Hamose

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hammock
       n 1: a small natural hill [syn: {knoll}, {mound}, {hillock}, {hummock}]
       2: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended
          between two trees); swing easily [syn: {sack}]