2. Adjective. (rare) Hampered; encumbered. ¹
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Definition of Cumbered
1. cumber [v] - See also: cumber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumbered
Literary usage of Cumbered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... experiment from the new council in addition to the dreary piles of observations
which have cumbered all scientific libraries for the last half-century. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Those who use it find it full of vexations and in- cumbered with extra expenses.
Moreover, throughout a vast extent of country it is practically useless. ..."
3. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"His foot, from those white windy cliffs, remove, • To march back, day and night,
with cumbered hearts ; Till Thames' wide ford, by Troynovant, ..."
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