'Impedimenta' definitions:
Definition of 'impedimenta'
From: WordNet
noun
Any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta]
noun
The baggage and equipment carried by an army
Definition of 'Impedimenta'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'impedimenta'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouterments,
- apparatus,
- appliances,
- appointments,
- appurtenances,
- armament,
- bag and baggage,
- baggage,
- burden,
- burthen,
- cargo,
- charge,
- consignment,
- conveniences,
- cross,
- cumbrance,
- deadweight,
- difficulty,
- disadvantage,
- duffel,
- dunnage,
- embarrassment,
- encumbrance,
- equipage,
- equipment,
- facilities,
- facility,
- fittings,
- fixtures,
- freight,
- freightage,
- furnishings,
- furniture,
- gear,
- goods,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- impediment,
- imposition,
- inconvenience,
- installations,
- kit,
- lading,
- load,
- luggage,
- lumber,
- machinery,
- materiel,
- munition,
- munitions,
- onus,
- outfit,
- pack,
- paraphernalia,
- payload,
- penalty,
- plant,
- plumbing,
- rig,
- rigging,
- shipment,
- stock-in-trade,
- tackle,
- things,
- traps,
- trouble,
- utensils,
- weight,
- white elephant