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.