ˈcumber-ground
[cumber v. 8.]
A thing or (esp.) person that uselessly cumbers the ground; a useless or unprofitable occupant of a position. (See Luke xiii. 7.)
| 1657 M. Lawrence Use & Practice of Faith 143 Meer cumber-grounds. 1720 Thoresby Diary II. 304 An useless unprofitable cumber-ground. 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 82 Where all the cumber-grounds of life resort. |