Hammock
WordNet
noun
(1) A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
(2) A small natural hill
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Etymology
From , from . 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.”
Noun
- A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
- A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also attributively; as, hammock land. - Bartlett