Hamper /(hăm"pẽr)/

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.

imp. & p. p. Hampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hampering

1. To put in a hamper.

1. 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.

   A lion hampered in a net.

   They hamper and entangle our souls.

1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
2. Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. (Naut.)