"encumberment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: encumberments [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English encombrement, from Old French encombrement. By surface analysis, encumber + -ment. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encombrement}} Middle English encombrement, {{der|en|fro|encombrement}} Old French encombrement, {{surf|en|encumber|-ment}} By surface analysis, encumber + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} encumberment (countable and uncountable, plural encumberments)
  1. encumbrance Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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