[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impedimenta \imped`imen"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.
see also:
impediment impede 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

impedimenta
     n 1: any structure that makes progress difficult syn: obstruction,
           obstructor, obstructer, impediment
     2: the baggage and equipment carried by an army
see also:
obstruction obstructor obstructer impediment 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

69 moby thesaurus words for "impedimenta":
   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

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