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impedimenta

noun /ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə/

  1. 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.

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin impedimenta, circa 1600. Compare impediment.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry impedimenta (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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