Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. 2. (n.) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.

Multi-Version Concordance Hammock (1 Occurrence) Isaiah 24:20 The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again. (WEB ASV)