impediment

A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.

I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not bee lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie, that ye confesse it.

Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment.

A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.

Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

We were all on foot, officers and men alike. Our horses, baggage, and impediments had been left at Brashear to follow the column of General Emory.