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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