Plural noun : the impedimenta of the weekend skier. From Dictionary.com.
These are all hinderances, clogs, and burdens, and, according to the proper Latin word, they are called impedimenta bellica. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V.] Reference
'Not exactly,' said Guy; 'the "impedimenta" are, some at Varenna, some at the inn with Arnaud.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Heir of Redclyffe] Reference
Their 'impedimenta' were thus safely transported to the opposite bank, the whole process occupying about an hour. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland] Reference
To effect this, the army should march, crossing the Koharee disencumbered of the 'impedimenta' of war, before daylight the 29th inst. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
Now let's see what kind of impedimenta we rate today. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
"impedimenta" thus bring to the race that has them a wealth of life both physical and psychical, practical and ideal, that is otherwise unattainable. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
And the impedimenta are a sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Crisis — Volume 06] Reference
Their tents, camels, and impedimenta had been left behind. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
Whether they were considered impedimenta or not they hardly knew. From Wordnik.com. [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference
The bench was to do duty for washstand and the impedimenta thereto. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
Here we left our impedimenta, and proceeded by a cross-country road. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
Ryde, leave all impedimenta to be sent forward to Ventnor by rail, and. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
I had to feel my way, very gingerly indeed, among the various impedimenta. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
She staggered out of the 'bus, dropping sundry of her impedimenta, sleepy and yawning. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
They took with them no tents and the least possible amount of impedimenta of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
As Mac had two trunks and other impedimenta befitting a man of his importance, it was necessary to take. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
We have at least a dozen ladies and children on board, the impedimenta of officers returning from India. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
At any rate, the occupation of stowing away impedimenta has gobbled a considerable slice out of this day. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
He tried to make out that he was the principal leader of the party, and his impedimenta far exceeded ours. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
"Look," she said, pointing to two long ribbons of narrow wood lashed to some other impedimenta of Gunther's. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
She staggers beneath a load of impedimenta belonging to her princely father: bags, bundles, and a heavy cloak. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
Arms and ammunition were purchased, and these, concealed as gold-mining impedimenta, were smuggled into the country. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
All the tinware and other impedimenta had been carefully cleared away, and so the men at once filed in between the tables. From Wordnik.com. [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference
Here, packing up their cask again with the various impedimenta they still had, they proceeded also to put in their clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
It will be seen that, true to our British tradition, the shaving outfit constituted the most formidable part of our impedimenta. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
Search was made for provisions and water in our boat, but she was so full of people and impedimenta that nothing could be found. From Wordnik.com. [Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf'] Reference
Two hold the impedimenta of travel; in the third Salam and his assistant work in leisurely fashion, as befits the time and place. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
On top were placed the tents and other impedimenta, leaving just enough room for the two Masai to lie comfortably beneath the tilt. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
There are muddy patches in the instincts and passions, and encumbrances and impedimenta in both mind and body, as part of our heritage. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit and Music] Reference
Spartan wardrobes which we had brought out from England, at a moment when the dread of a vast impedimenta happened to lie strong upon us. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
"Fred, show the King of America where his royal impedimenta await his royal pleasure," Lawrence directed a young man with the manners of a. From Wordnik.com. [L.P.M. : the end of the Great War] Reference
In that space of time troops, stores, and all the impedimenta for an army of 25,000 men had been moved forward about 150 miles in an enemy's country. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
At the start, without experience in campaigning, the men had overburdened themselves with impedimenta which it was very soon necessary to dispense with. From Wordnik.com. [The County Regiment A Sketch of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War] Reference
An immense amount of impedimenta in the shape of pontoons, telegraph posts and wires, ammunition, and provisions followed the infantry in perfect order. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
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