'Top-hamper' definitions:
Definition of 'Top-hamper'
From: GCIDE
- Top-hamper \Top"-ham`per\, n. (Naut.) The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship. [Written also {top hamper}.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]