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• n  any structure that makes progress difficult
• n  the baggage and equipment carried by an army

• When the cops arrived, they found pans, bundles and other impedimenta from the mule's pack scattered over the highway, and the beast itself engaged in a tug of war with Owner .
• Critic Van Doren has not attempted an exhaustive account, writes without footnotes or scholarly impedimenta.
• He wore high rubber boots, and carried the classic impedimenta of espionage: a camera, binoculars, maps and a notebook.

• obstruction
• obstructor
• obstructer
• impediment

Quotes

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• Samantha Cameron in guardian.co.uk
  Ivan had to travel everywhere in a special van with a ramp and the family had to make sure they had what Cameron called "the impedimenta - special this and special that".