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
He was a man to whom memories were an in- cumbrance, and anticipations a superfluity.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare; more apt To slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
And it seemed that the more proper every word was, the worse he liked it, for the cumbrance that he had to study out a better one to surpass it.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica
Extol not Riches then, the toyl of Fools The wise mans cumbrance if not snare, more apt To slacken Virtue, and abate her edge, Then prompt her to do aught may merit praise.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John
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