Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
An onerous or difficult concern.
1 Few of the trees near the beach are free from such encumbrances .
2 These men of the spike, the peg, and the street, are encumbrances .
3 The others on board were not to be counted, except as encumbrances .
4 The land was not merely encumbered; it was the sum of its encumbrances .
5 She saw the odd encumbrances of tentacles spill from his midriff.
6 Even with these encumbrances , I had a lot of fun with the game.
7 The dogs, instead of aiding them, were rapidly becoming mere encumbrances .
8 How could she venture to go to him with such encumbrances ?
9 Had I to recommence without those encumbrances , I would try my fortune yonder.
10 Stay not to make provision for yourself, but travel without encumbrances .
11 As they had no other encumbrances than their muskets, they soon distanced us.
12 Are there any encumbrances on the property-anymortgages or liens not yet recorded?
13 In order to cure the man, we must free the cell of its encumbrances .
14 Likewise, the life force cannot act perfectly in a body filled with morbid encumbrances .
15 The servants were the next encumbrances to get rid of.
16 Hence he has several heavy encumbrances in his official family.
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