Hamper

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Transitive verb 1.4 Etymology 2 1.5 Transitive verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Noun 1.7 Derived expression 1.7.1 Translations

English

Etymology 1

Contracted from hanaper

Noun

1. 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.

Translations

• Dutch: mand m (1), wasmand m'(2)

Transitive verb

to hamper (Imperfect and past participle: hampered, present participle: hampering)

1. To put in a hamper.

Etymology 2

Old English hamperen, hampren, probably of the same origin as English hamble

Transitive verb

to hamper (Imperfect and past participle: hampered, present participle: hampering)

1. To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.

   Quotations

   • Hampered nerves. - Blackmore
   • A lion hampered in a net. - L'Estrange
   • They hamper' and entangle our souls. - Tillotson

Translations

• Dutch: blokkeren

Noun

hamper

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.

Derived expression

• Top hamper, (Nautical): unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.

Translations

• Dutch: struikelblok? n

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