hammock
Also known as hammocking, hang-mat
thumb|upright=1.35|Hammock with a lakeside view thumb|upright=1.35|Hammock beside the beach
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A hammock is a suspended bed or resting surface, typically made of fabric or netting, that hangs between two points such as trees. People use hammocks for relaxation and sleep, particularly outdoors in settings like lakesides and beaches.
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- Etymology
- History
- Europe
- New World
- Naval
- Mexican and Maya hammocks
- El Salvador
- Venezuelan
- Jungle hammock
- Indian
- Lunar crewed missions
- Current
- Usage
- Styles
- Set-up and use
- Gallery
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thumb|upright=1.35|Hammock with a lakeside view thumb|upright=1.35|Hammock beside the beach
A hammock, from Spanish , borrowed from Taíno and Arawak , is a sling made of fabric, rope, or netting, suspended between two or more points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting. It normally consists of one or more cloth panels, or a woven network of twine or thin rope stretched with ropes between two firm anchor points such as trees or posts. Hammocks were developed by native inhabitants of the Americas for sleeping, as well as the English. Later, they were used aboard ships by sailors to enable comfort and maximize available space, by explorers or soldiers travelling in wooded regions and eventually by parents in the early 1920s for containing babies just learning to crawl. Today they are popular around the world for relaxation; they are also used as a lightweight bed on camping trips. The hammock is often seen as a symbol of summer, leisure, relaxation and simple, easy living.