impedimenta

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. any structure that makes progress difficultSynonyms: obstructionobstructorobstructerimpediment
  2. the baggage and equipment carried by an army
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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.]

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