incumbrance
noun/ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/ · /-bɹən(t)s/
Etymology Variant of encumbrance.
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Alternative Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”).
- I was then lying at length upon that very couch, the scene of Mr. H . . .'s polite joys, in an undress which was with all the art of negligence flowing loose, and in a most tempting disorder: no stay, no hoop . . . no incumbrance whatever.1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
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Law One who is dependent on another.
- a widow without incumbrances (i.e. without children)
- Derived terms
- incumbrancer