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Definition of Impedimenta
1. Noun. Any structure that makes progress difficult.
Specialized synonyms: Bar, Barrier, Blockade, Block, Blockage, Closure, Occlusion, Stop, Stoppage, Encumbrance, Hinderance, Hindrance, Hitch, Incumbrance, Interference, Preventative, Preventive, Obstacle, Tumbler
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Impede, Obstruct, Obstruct
2. Noun. The baggage and equipment carried by an army.
Definition of Impedimenta
1. n. pl. Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage;
Definition of Impedimenta
1. Noun. Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help ¹
2. Noun. (plural of impedimentum) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impedimenta
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impedimenta
Literary usage of Impedimenta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Facts and Fakes about Cuba by George Bronson Rea (1897)
"OF THE impedimenta. Murin takes the field.—Large force distributed to trap Gomez.
... Description of the impedimenta, or the celebrated macheteros. ..."
2. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1894)
"My impedimenta,.—Food, physic, and clothing, 189. ... Perhaps the reader might
like to peep at these impedimenta, which for convenience shall be ..."
3. Transportation of Troops and Materiel by Chauncey Brooke Baker (1905)
"LOADING THE impedimenta. The impedimenta, baggage, and rations should be so loaded
that no difficulty will be had in unloading and separating them and ..."
4. Studies of the Soul by Jonathan Brierley (1900)
"impedimenta. THE Romans, from whom we get the word impedimenta, used it mainly
of the baggage train of an army. A campaign cannot be waged without a ..."
5. Western Reserve University from Hudson to Cleveland, 1878-1890: An by Hiram Collins Haydn (1905)
"It was not all fair sailing; and it was found that certain impedimenta were
aboard, of which the ship must needs be lightened. ..."
6. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1828)
"... optimum fuerit illos ipsos errores proponere : quot enim fuerint errorum
impedimenta in ... impedimenta ..."
7. The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places by Stella S. Flood Coatsworth, C. B. Farwell (1866)
"Here he put his army in light marching order - extra baggage and artillery, the
small army of refugees, the sick, wounded —in short all impedimenta were ..."
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