cumbrance
Americannoun
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trouble; bother.
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burden; encumbrance.
noun
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a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
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trouble or bother
Etymology
Origin of cumbrance
1275–1325; Middle English combraunce, aphetic variant of acombraunce defeat, harassment; see encumbrance
Example Sentences
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Ladders fall toward the excessive end of Mr. Ten Eyck’s sliding scale of regulatory cumbrance; on the more helpful end are procedures required to track produce when there is a disease or illness outbreak.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2017
And thus I shall not only be burdened in conscience for payment of this great sum, but also entangled and in great cumbrance to satisfy the avidity of this gentlewoman.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
He was a man to whom memories were an in- cumbrance, and anticipations a superfluity.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas
But where, O where, Under this heap of precedent, this mound Of customs, modes, and maxims, cumbrance rare, Shall the Myself be found?
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
But, O good Lord,' saith he, 'when these are sick,— I fear me, Lord, this excellent workmanship Of Thine is counted for a cumbrance then.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
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