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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hammock \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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