hammock litter

plural hammock litters · alternative hammock-litter

1. historicalA 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.

   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

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   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