Hamper
Hamper (ham"pẽr) , noun
[Contr. from hanaper.]
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
Hamper (-pẽrd) , transitive verb
To put in a hamper.
Hamper , transitive verb
[Old English hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as English hamble.]
To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
Hampered nerves.
A lion hampered in a net.
They hamper and entangle our souls.
Hamper , noun
[See Hamper to shackle.]
1.
A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. — W. Browne
2.
(Nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. — Ham. Nav. Encyc
Collocations (1)
Top hamper (Nautical) , unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.