hamper
$ \mathrm{hamper}^1 |ˈhampər|
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noun
North American a large basket with a lid used for laundry:
｟米｠ 洗濯かご
e.g. a laundry hamper.
a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:
(通例ふた付きの)ピクニック用のかご［バスケット］
e.g. a picnic hamper.
ORIGIN
Middle English (denoting any large case or casket): from Anglo-Norman French hanaper ‘case for a goblet’, from Old French hanap ‘goblet’, of Germanic origin.
$ \mathrm{hamper}^2 |ˈhampər|
/icons/point.icon HAMPER, TRAMMEL, CLOG, FETTER, SHACKLE, MANACLE mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting.
HAMPER may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence.
e.g. hampered the investigation by refusing to cooperate
TRAMMEL suggests entangling by or confining within a net.
e.g. rules that trammel the artist's creativity
CLOG usually implies a slowing by something extraneous or encumbering.
e.g. a court system clogged by frivolous suits
FETTER suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost.
e.g. a nation fettered by an antiquated class system
SHACKLE and MANACLE are stronger than
FETTER and suggest total loss of freedom.
e.g. a mind shackled by stubborn prejudice a people manacled by tyranny
verb with object
hinder or impede the movement or progress of:
｟かたく｠ 〈動き･活動など〉のじゃまをする, 〈進行･行為など〉を阻止［妨害］する, 身動きをとれなくする (!しばしば受け身で)
e.g. their work is hampered by lack of funds.
noun Nautical
necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.
〘海〙 船具〘索具･操帆装置など必要だが時化（しけ）時などにはじゃまになるもの〙
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘shackle, entangle, catch’): perhaps related to German hemmen ‘restrain’.