impedimenta

[im-ped-uh-men-tuh]

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plural noun

baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army: the impedimenta of the weekend skier.

Origin of impedimenta

1590–1600; < Latin, plural of impedīmentum impediment

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Related Words for impedimenta

equipment, junk, gear, baggage, obstruction

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Historical Examples of impedimenta

The roads were encumbered with the impedimenta of two armies.
The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.)
Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell
The bench was to do duty for washstand and the impedimenta thereto.
Through Finland in Carts
Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
Impedimenta, advice as to, 4-6;all essentials procurable at Hong Kong, 4.
A Wayfarer in China
Elizabeth Kendall
When I turned to leave I found my limbs clogged with impedimenta.
A Daughter of Raasay
William MacLeod Raine
The fields are filled with tents, with horses, with all the impedimenta of an army.
They Shall Not Pass
Frank H. Simonds

British Dictionary definitions for impedimenta

impedimenta

pl n

the baggage and equipment carried by an army

any objects or circumstances that impede progress

a plural of impediment (def. 3)

Word Origin for impedimenta

C16: from Latin, plural of impedīmentum hindrance; see impede

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Word Origin and History for impedimenta

"traveling equipment," c.1600, from Latin impedimenta "luggage, baggage," literally "that by which one is impeded;" plural of impedimentum (see impediment).