HAMMOCK

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

2.
n.

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.