gamp

noun

ˈgamp

plural -s

British

: 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

Word History

Etymology

after Sarah Gamp, nurse with a large cotton umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit (1843–44)

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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