cumbered, ppl. a.
(ˈkʌmbəd)
[f. cumber v.]
† 1. a. Cf. cumber v. 1 b. b. Benumbed; cf. cumber v. 6.
| c 1430 Chev. Assigne 71 ‘A kowarde of kynde’, quod she ‘& combred wrecche!’ c 1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 53 A combrid wretche in cowardise. c 1460 Towneley Myst. 266 Combred cowardes I you calle. 1483 Cath. Angl. 86 Cumbyrd (A. Cummerd); vbi Clumsyd. |
2. Encumbered; hindered, hampered, occupied obstructively, etc.: see the verb.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. viii. 10 Whiles he strove his combred clubbe to quight Out of the earth. 1623 Cockeram, Cumbred, let, hindred. 1684 Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 150 We are full of Hurry, in Fair time. 'Tis hard keeping our Hearts and Spirits in any good Order, when we are in a cumbred Condition. 1848 M. Arnold Poems, Bacchanalia, On the cumber'd plain. |