hammock

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

   […] the poore ſaylers, who […] commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting their tyred bodies […].

2. 2
   verb

   To lie in a hammock.

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

3. 3
   verb

   To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.

   "She hammocked their plaids between the table and the bed, then edged her way past Kenneth as she approached the central hearth.".

4. 4
   verb

   To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.

   "She hammocked her breasts into her bra, snapped it, hitched at it, and gave herself a profile glance in the mirror.".

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. 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.”

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