impedimenta
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- any structure that makes progress difficultSynonyms: obstructionobstructorobstructerimpediment
- the baggage and equipment carried by an army
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]