hammock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hammock	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hammock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hammock n a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock] a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily Synonym(s): hammock, sack
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: [bd]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.[b8]] 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.