HAMMOCKS

Proper noun

Hammocks

plural of Hammock

Noun

hammocks

plural of hammock

Verb

hammocks

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hammock

Source: Wiktionary

HAMMOCK

Ham"mock, n. Etym: [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 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition