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hammock litter en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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:A Sailor's Hammock Litter
1889 November, James E. Pilcher, “A New Field of Honor”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume VI, number 5, page 612:
Forms
Hypernyms
litter
Hyponyms
mancheel
Synonyms
andor