Definition of "impedimenta" [‖Im•ped•i•men•ta]

• Objects, such as provisions or baggage, that impede or encumber. (noun-plural)

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• "These are all hinderances, clogs, and burdens, and, according to the proper Latin word, they are called impedimenta bellica."
• "According to Cornell University biologists, the reason for success of this technique may be that the fishing line mimics the "impedimenta" warning strings spiders construct near their webs to keep birds from flying through them and destroying their work."
• "To effect this, the army should march, crossing the Koharee disencumbered of the 'impedimenta' of war, before daylight the 29th inst."