impedimenta

• “These are all hinderances, clogs, and burdens, and, according to the proper Latin word, they are called impedimenta bellica.”

  Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V.

• “According to Cornell University biologists, the reason for success of this technique may be that the fishing line mimics the "impedimenta" warning strings spiders construct near their webs to keep birds from flying through them and destroying their work.”

  8: Plant protection and pest control

• “To effect this, the army should march, crossing the Koharee disencumbered of the 'impedimenta' of war, before daylight the 29th inst.”

  The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.

• “Kruger's Post, north of Lydenburg, and here the enemy succeeded in capturing 35 men and a quantity of "impedimenta;" the field-cornet in question, although warned in time, having taken no proper precautions.”

  My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War

• “Their 'impedimenta' were thus safely transported to the opposite bank, the whole process occupying about an hour.”

  Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland

• “Not exactly,' said Guy; 'the "impedimenta" are, some at Varenna, some at the inn with Arnaud.”

  The Heir of Redclyffe

• “Fifteen ponies are purchased to carry the baggage of the regiment; and the allowance for officers is only sufficient to allow Henry and me a bullock-trunk apiece, – rather different to our notions of the "impedimenta" of a regiment!”

  Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol

• “Thanks to the kindness of Captain Buckley, of the Scots 'Fusileer Guards, and Colonel Somerset, who lent us means of conveyance for our "impedimenta," I was able to move up in one day.”

  Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol

• “He observed that the ancients allowed of little baggage, which they very properly called "impedimenta;" whereas the moderns burthen themselves with it to such a degree, that 50,000 of our present soldiers are allowed as much baggage as was formerly thought sufficient for all the armies of the Roman empire.”

  Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica

• “impedimenta" thus bring to the race that has them a wealth of life both physical and psychical, practical and ideal, that is otherwise unattainable.”

  Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic

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