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countable and uncountable, plural encumbrances
Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried. quotations examples
Some consideration was necessary to decide whether or not to leave his rifle there. On the return, carrying the girl and a pack, it would be added encumbrance […]
1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Alternative spelling of incumbrance (“in law: interest attached to a title; dependent”) examples
third-person singular simple present encumbrances, present participle encumbrancing, simple past and past participle encumbranced
(law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.). examples