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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hammock \Ham"mock\ (h[a^]m"m[o^]k), noun [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 long and three 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hammock
noun
1: a small natural hill [syn: {knoll}, {mound}, {hillock}, {hummock}]
2: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily [syn: {sack}]
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