| hammock | 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. Hammock nettings, formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose. Origin: 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.". Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hammock bandage | A bandage for retaining dressings on the head: the dressings are covered by a wide gauze strip, the ends of which are brought down over the ears and held while a narrow circular bandage is passed around the head; the ends of the gauze strip are then turned up over the circular bandage and other turns are made securing them firmly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hammock ligament | <anatomy> The part of the periodontium below the growing end of the root of the tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |