Impedimenta
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntæ/
Noun
plural
pl- Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help
- 1949: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p20Games impedimenta — hockey-sticks, boxing-gloves, a burst football, a pair of sweaty shorts turned inside out — lay all over the floor, and on the table there was a litter of dirty dishes and dog-eared exercise-books.
- Plural of impedimentum