\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.