hammoc

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HAM'MOC, noun A kind of hanging bed, suspended between trees or posts, or by hooks. It consists of a piece of hempen cloth about six feet long and three feet wide, gathered at the ends and suspended by cords. It forms a bed, or a receptacle for a bed, on board of ships.
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