hamper

HAM'PER, noun [contracted form hanaper, or from hand pannier.] 1. A large basket for conveying things to market, etc. 2. Fetters, or some instrument that shackles. [This signification and that of the verb following indicate that this word is from hanaper, and that the latter is from the sense of interweaving twigs.] HAM'PER, verb transitive [See the Noun.] To shackle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress, or to render progress difficult. A lion hampered in a net. 1. To ensnare; to inveigle; to catch with allurements. 2. To tangle; to render complicated. 3. To perplex; to embarrass. Hampered by the laws.