Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impedimenta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impedimenta \Im*ped`i*men"ta\, n. pl. [L. See {Impediment},
{Impede}.]
Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances;
baggage; specif. (Mil.), the supply trains which must
accompany an army.
On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises,
dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with
impedimenta. --Julian
Ralph.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impedimenta
n 1: any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: {obstruction},
{obstructor}, {obstructer}, {impediment}]
2: the baggage and equipment carried by an army
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