01 n. 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.
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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.
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A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.[Southern U. S.]
Phrases & compounds
Hammock nettings —
formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose.