hanaper
Definitions
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- noun A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A receptacle for documents or valuable articles, formerly used in England. It was often made of wickerwork, and sometimes covered with leather.
Examples
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Another kind of receptacle for records was a small turned box, called a "skippet," and another was the "hanaper," or hamper, a basket made of twigs or wicker-work.
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John Hales, clerk of the hanaper, a learned and able man, and, like all who espoused this party, a zealous protestant, had written, and secretly circulated, a book in defence of the claims of the lady Catherine, and he had also procured opinions of foreign lawyers in favor of the validity of her marriage.
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This fee appears to have been paid, notwithstanding the express terms of the charter that no fee great or small should be paid or made or by any means given to the hanaper to the king’s use.
Note
The word 'hanaper' comes from Old French.
