Hammock
Hammock (ham"mok) , noun
[A word of Indian origin: compare 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.
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.
2.
A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land. [Southern United States] — Bartlett
Collocations (1)
Hammock nettings (Nautical) , formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose.