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Definition of Hammocks

Hammock
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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- species. While the majority of the remaining hammocks outside of the Florida Keys have now been protected, hammocks are still significantly threatened by development...
- urban park in metropolitan Miami Hammocks Beach State Park, a North Carolina state park in Onslow County Simpson Park Hammock, a 7.8 acre urban park located...
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- located in The Hammocks. The Miami-Dade Police Department operates The Hammocks District Station in The Hammocks. Public education in The Hammocks is serviced...
- A hammock is a device used to sleep or rest in. Hammock may also refer to: Hammock (band), an American post-rock group Hammock (ecology), a dense stand...
- Yellow Leaf Hammocks is an American hammock company established in August 2011. The company focuses on reselling woven cotton hammocks purchased from the...