Hăn'a-per, n.

n. [L. Lat. hanaperium, a large vase, hanapus, vase, bowl, cup, from O. Fr. hanap, Pr. enap, It. anappo, nappo, N. H. Ger. napf, O. H. Ger. hanpf, A.-S. hnāp, cup, bowl.]

1. A kind of basket, usually of wicker-work, and adapted for package. Holland.
2. A bag or basket, in the English chancery, used to receive the fees due to the king for seals of charters, patents, commissions, and writs; hence, the exchequer of the chancery. Spelman.

Hanaper office, an office of the English chancery in which the writs relating to the business of the subject and the returns to them were anciently kept. Blackstone.