unˈcumbered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. MSw. okumbradh.]
Not encumbered.
| 1551 Recorde Pathw. Knowl. To Rdr., For neither is..mi laiser so quiet and vncombered, that I maie perform iustlie so learned a laboure. 1600 Hakluyt Voy. III. 64 But a seruant,..a good footman, and vncombred with any furniture..ouertooke one of them. 1699 Dryden To J. Driden 18 Lord of your self, uncumber'd with a Wife. 1738 Pope Epil. Sat. i. 31, I have..Seen him, uncumber'd with the Venal tribe, Smile without Art. 1748 Thomson Cast. Indol. ii. xxii, Unless..mighty patrons the coy sisters call Up to the sun-shine of uncumber'd ease. 1823 J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 210 He is..uncumbered with the concealment sometimes practised, of bushes or sprigs hung about his person. 1870 Bryant Iliad viii. I. 261 The Trojans,..In a clear space uncumbered by the slain, Held council. |