ˈgamp noun
( -s )
Etymology: after Sarah Gamp, nurse with a large cotton umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44)
Britain : a large umbrella
halfway to the station my gamp blew inside out — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin
often : one that is untidily or loosely tied up
if you carry an umbrella use it tightly rolled and never as a gamp — S.D.Barney