Hammock

(hăm'műk.) [Fr. hamac-of Carib origin.] (Naut.) A kind of cot or hanging-bed used on shipboard. It contains the mattre , pillow, coverlet, ., and consists of a piece of hempen cloth, 6 ft. long, and 3 ft. wide, at each end of which are fastened several small lines meeting in an iron ring, and forming clews. It is hoisted in its place by small ropes termed lanyards, between two battens or screws in the beams of the deck above. [s. 437]