adj. (old: now recognised).—Let or hindered; perplexed; entangled. [From Old. Eng., hamper = a fetter: see quot. 1613].
1613. W. BROWNE, Britannia’s Pastorals, bk. i., s. 7. Shackles, shacklockes, HAMPERS, gives and chaines.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
