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tophamper

tophamper is the alternative form of top-hamper.

Meaning of top-hamper

Noun

top-hamper (plural top-hampers)

  1. The rigging, spars, etc., stored above the deck of a ship.
    • There were the pitching of the vessel, the hissing of the waters, the dashing of spray, the shocks that menaced annihilation to the little craft as she plunged into the seas, the undying howl of the wind, and the fearful drift. The last was the most serious danger; for, though exceedingly weatherly...1840, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pathfinder, Chapter 16

Forms of tophamper

pluraltophampers

Questions about tophamper

What is tophamper the alternative form of?
Tophamper is the alternative form of top-hamper.

Words near tophamper in the dictionary

  1. toph
  2. tophaceous
  3. tophaike
  4. tophaikes
  5. Topham
  6. tophamper
  7. tophampers
  8. Tophams
  9. tophat
  10. tophats
  11. tophatted

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