impedimenta
Collocations
4ADJ.
loaded
VERB + IMPEDIMENTA
games, grabbed
IMPEDIMENTA + NOUN
-, hockey-sticks
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
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.
Dashing back to my compartment, I grabbed my impedimenta - what my companion thought of the maniac who alighted at a station only half-way to the first booked stop I don't know ! - got out, hurried under the subway, and was into my 10.45 comfortably before its departure.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — any structure that makes progress difficult
- obstruction
- obstructor
- obstructer
- impediment
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta.
WiktionaryDashing back to my compartment, I grabbed my impedimenta - what my companion thought of the maniac who alighted at a station only half-way to the first booked stop I don't know ! - got out, hurried un
WiktionaryGames impedimenta — hockey-sticks, boxing-gloves, a burst football, a pair of sweaty shorts turned inside out — lay all over the floor, and on the table there was a litter of dirty dishes and dog-eare
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