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Definition: Top hamper
Hamper
\Ham"per\, n. [See
Hamper to shackle.]
1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. --W. Browne.
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2. (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way
at certain times. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept
aloft.
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