Hammock
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English
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Etymology
A word of Taino (Amerindian language) origin: compare Spanish hamaca. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: âA 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.â
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Noun
hammock
- 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
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Derived terms
- hammock nettings (Nautical) formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; later, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose.
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Translations
- Dutch: hangmat f
- Finnish: riippumatto
- French: hamac m
- German: hängematte f.
- Interlingua: hamaca
- Italian: amaca f
- Spanish: hamaca f
- Swedish: hängmatta u