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Webster 1913 Edition
Top-hamper
Top′-hamˊper
,Noun.
(Naut.)
The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship.
[Written also
top hamper
.] All the ships of the fleet . . . were so encumbered with
tophamper
, so overweighted in proportion to their draught of water, that they could bear but little canvas, even with smooth seas and light and favorable winds. Motley.