Meaning

• A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals

  "a clothes hamper"

• (uncommon except in) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper

Meaning

• To put into a hamper.

  "Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts."