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.-to put in a hamper.-to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.-a shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.-articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.