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impedimenta - 3 dictionary results

im⋅ped⋅i⋅men⋅ta

[im-ped-uh-men-tuh]
–plural noun
baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army: the impedimenta of the weekend skier.

Origin:
1590–1600; < L, pl. of impedīmentum impediment
im·ped·i·men·ta   (ĭm-pěd'ə-měn'tə)   
pl.n.  Objects, such as provisions or baggage, that impede or encumber.

[Latin impedīmenta, pl. of impedīmentum, impediment; see impediment.]

Impedimenta

Im*ped`i*men"ta\, n. pl. [L. See Impediment, Impede.] Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.), the supply trains which must accompany an army.

On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta. --Julian Ralph.
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