Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hanaper \Han"a*per\, n. [LL. hanaperium a large vase, fr. hanaus
   vase, bowl, cup (whence F. hanap); of German origin; cf. ONG.
   hnapf, G. napf, akin to AS. hn[ae]p cup, bowl. Cf. {Hamper},
   {Nappy}, n.]
   A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the
   packing and carrying of articles; a hamper.

   {Hanaper office}, an office of the English court of chancery
      in which writs relating to the business of the public, and
      the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or
      hamper. --Blackstone.