Cumbrance

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    encumbrance countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Extol not Riches then, the toyl of Fools, The wiſe mans cumbrance if not ſnare,"

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baleburdencargochargecrossdeadweight

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"Extol not Riches then, the toyl of Fools, The wiſe mans cumbrance if not ſnare,"

Etymology

From cumber + -ance.

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