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hammock-litter

hammock-litter is the alternative form of hammock litter.

Meaning of hammock litter

Noun

hammock litter (plural hammock litters)

  1. (historical) A form of litter consisting of a wide cloth suspended at each end from a pole carried by porters and used as a mode of transport.
    • There is a kind of native hammock litter used in the Himalaya range of mountains known by the name of "dandie."1869, Thomas Longmore, A Treatise on the Transport of Sick and Wounded Troops, page 105
    Synonyms:
    andor

Forms of hammock-litter

pluralhammock-litters

Questions about hammock-litter

What is hammock-litter the alternative form of?
Hammock-litter is the alternative form of hammock litter.

Words near hammock-litter in the dictionary

  1. hammochrysos
  2. hammock
  3. hammock litter
  4. hammock netting
  5. hammock nettings
  6. hammock-litter
  7. hammocked
  8. hammocking
  9. hammockless
  10. hammocklike
  11. hammocks

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