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impedimenta


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impedimenta 
  n  1:  anything  that  makes  progress  difficult  [syn:  {obstruction}, 
  {impediment}] 
  2:  the  baggage  and  equipment  carried  by  an  army 




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