encumbrance

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/ / /ɛn-/ / /-bɹən(t)s/

Etymology: From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer.

Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
“Some consideration was necessary to decide whether or not to leave his rifle there. On the return, carrying the girl and a pack, it would be added encumbrance[…]”
Alternative spelling of incumbrance (“in law: interest attached to a title; dependent”).
The state or condition of being encumbered.

Etymology: From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer.