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Impedimenta

//ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage.

    "On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta."

  2. 2
    the baggage and equipment carried by an army wordnet
  3. 3
    plural of impedimentum form-of, plural
  4. 4
    any structure that makes progress difficult wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impedimenta, circa 1600. Compare impediment.

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