impedimenta

impedimenta
/im ped'euh men"teuh/, n.pl.
baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army: the impedimenta of the weekend skier.
[1590-1600; < L, pl. of IMPEDIMENTUM IMPEDIMENT]

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