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ham⋅mock
1
[ham-uh
k] 
–noun
| a hanging bed or couch made of canvas, netted cord, or the like, with cords attached to supports at each end. |
Origin:
1545–55; < Sp hamaca < Taino of Hispaniola
1545–55; < Sp hamaca < Taino of Hispaniola
Related forms:
ham⋅mock⋅like, adjective
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| ham·mock 1 (hām'ək) n. A hanging, easily swung length of canvas or heavy netting suspended between two trees or other supports and used as a seat or bed. [Spanish hamaca, from Taino.] |
| ham·mock 2 (hām'ək) n. Variant of hummock. |
| hum·mock (hŭm'ək) n.
[Origin unknown.] hum'mock·y adj. |
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Hammock
Ham"mock\, 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 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.
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Language Translation for : Hammock
Spanish:
hamaca,
German:
die Hängematte,
Japanese:
ハンモック
hammock
1555, from Sp. hamaca, from Arawakan (Haiti) word apparently meaning "fish nets" (cf. Yukuna hamaca, Taino amaca).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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