English-Thai Dictionary
hammock
N เปลญวน ple-yuan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HAMMOC
n.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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HAMMOCHRYSOS
Ham `mo *chry "sos, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. chryso `s gold. ]
Defn: A stone with spangles of gold color in it.
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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hammock
ham mock |ˈhamək ˈhæmək | ▶noun a bed made of canvas or of rope mesh and suspended by cords at the ends, used as garden furniture or on board a ship. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the Spanish form hamaca ): via Spanish from Taino hamaka; the ending was altered in the 16th cent. by association with -ock .
Oxford Dictionary
hammock
ham |mock |ˈhamək | ▶noun a bed made of canvas or rope mesh suspended from two supports by cords at both ends. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the Spanish form hamaca ): via Spanish from Taino hamaka; the ending was altered in the 16th cent. by association with -ock .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
hammock
ham mock /hǽmək /名詞 C ハンモック, つり床 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary