ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
1. : matter or weight (as spars, rigging, superstructure, or cargo) in the upper part of a ship
top-hamper of guns, three hundred and forty tons of landing craft together with six sets of heavy davits — K.M.Dodson
2. : unnecessary cumbersome matter
strip his long rambling paragraphs of their top-hamper of jargon — John Connell