Hammock /(hăm"mŏk)/

Ham·mock

Hammock

n.
  1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet long and three 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.]

Phrases & Compounds

Hammock nettings
formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose.