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noun

Encumbrance n.

That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

(Law) Same as Incumbrance.

Synonyms: Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance.

Incumbrance n. (Written also encumbrance)

A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

(Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.

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Etymology of 'Encumbrance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Encumbrance" Quotes from Famous Books

... scenery from the windows of the train, and you can see nothing of the huge expanses of moorland stretching away from the precipices on either side. So that we, who would learn something of this region, must make the journey on foot; for a bicycle would be an encumbrance when crossing the heather, and there are many places where a horse would be a source of danger. The sides of the valley are closely wooded for the first seven or eight miles north of Pickering, but the surrounding country ...

— Yorkshire Painted And Described • Gordon Home

... inconvenient to one to lose, against what one does not want to win; but parry those invitations ludicrously, 'et en badinant'. Say that, if you were sure to lose, you might possibly play, but that as you may as well win, you dread 'l'embarras des richesses', ever since you have seen what an encumbrance they were to poor Harlequin, and that, therefore, you are determined never to venture the winning above two louis a-day; this sort of light trifling way of declining invitations to vice and folly, is more becoming your ...

— The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son • The Earl of Chesterfield

... almost all the lower parts of Asia by a line extending from the sea that is opposite Cyprus to the Euxine. And this tract is the neck of the whole peninsula, the distance of the journey being such that five days are spent on the way by a man without encumbrance. 86 ...

— The History Of Herodotus - Volume 1(of 2) • Herodotus

... had all been removed. The house was absolutely free from every encumbrance; the people owned ...

— History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) - Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens • George Washington Williams

... during the progress of this book, which is the history of the experiences of others rather than of myself, to lay any stress on my personal history, and here I would only say that any one who is burdened with a physical disease or encumbrance that will remain to the end of life must know that there are certain moments when this hindrance leaps up at him like the grinning face of a devil—despairing hideous moments they are! I have said that during our drive ...

— The Dark Forest • Hugh Walpole

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