Definition of Hammack
Ham"mock (hăm"m&obreve;k), 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 long and three 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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 adjectively; as, hammock land. - Bartlett
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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