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hammock
(encz) | hammock,hamaka n: kavol |
hammock
(encz) | hammock,houpací síť n: Pino |
hammock
(encz) | hammock,visuté lůžko Zdeněk Brož |
Hammock
(gcide) | Hammock \Ham"mock\ (h[a^]m"m[o^]k), 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 long and three feet wide, suspended by
clews or cords at the ends.
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2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with
bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
[Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing
hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the
rail, used for that purpose. Hamose |
hammock
(wn) | hammock
n 1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock,
hummock, hammock]
2: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended
between two trees); swings easily [syn: hammock, sack] |
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Hammock
(gcide) | Hammock \Ham"mock\ (h[a^]m"m[o^]k), 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 long and three feet wide, suspended by
clews or cords at the ends.
[1913 Webster]
2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with
bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
[Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing
hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the
rail, used for that purpose. Hamose |
Hammock girtline
(gcide) | Girtline \Girt"line`\ (g[~e]rt"l[imac]n`), n. (Naut.)
A gantline.
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Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to
dry.
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Hammock nettings
(gcide) | Hammock \Ham"mock\ (h[a^]m"m[o^]k), 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 long and three feet wide, suspended by
clews or cords at the ends.
[1913 Webster]
2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with
bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
[Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing
hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the
rail, used for that purpose. Hamose |
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