CUMBERING
Verb
cumbering
present participle of cumber
Anagrams
• recumbing
Source: Wiktionary
CUMBER
Cum"ber (km"br), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cumbered (-brd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Cumbering.] Etym: [OE. combren, cumbren,OF. combrer to hinder, from
LL. cumbrus a heap, fr. L. cumulus; cf. Skr. to increase, grow
strong. Cf. Cumulate.]
Definition: To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be
burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an
object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.
Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and
retard his flight Dryden.
Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke x. 40.
Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground Luke xiii. 7.
The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . .
. but cumbers the memory. Locke.
Cum"ber (km"br), n. Etym: [Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See
Cuber,v.]
Definition: Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also comber.]
A place of much distraction and cumber. Sir H. Wotton.
Sage counsel in cumber. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition