noun
- plural of cumbrance; things that burden, hinder, or encumber; obstacles or impediments
Usage: formal or literary; archaic or rare in modern usage
Examples
- The old furniture and boxes were cumbrances that made moving difficult.
- She tried to free herself from the cumbrances of family obligation.
- The cumbrances of bureaucracy slowed the project considerably.
- He viewed his possessions as cumbrances rather than treasures.
- The cumbrances of tradition sometimes prevent progress.