hammock
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[edit] Etymology
From Spanish hamaca, from Taino. 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.”
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhæmək/
[edit] Noun
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hammock (plural hammocks)
- A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
- (Southern US) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also attributively; as, hammock land. - Bartlett
[edit] Derived terms
- hammock nettings (Nautical) formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; later, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose.
[edit] Translations
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends
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A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines
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