hammock

ˈhæmək

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#1·2h ago

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

Origin: Borrowed from , from (compare , ), 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.”. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·2h ago

(US, archaic, outside, dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.

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#3·2h ago

To lie in a hammock.

"I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes."

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