cumber

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cumbered p. pr. & vb. n. Cumbering. ] [ OE. combren, cumbren, OF. combrer to hinder, from LL. cumbrus a heap, fr. L. cumulus; cf. Skr. &unr_;&unr_; to increase, grow strong. Cf. Cumulate. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why asks he what avails him not in fight,
And would but cumber and retard his flight? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke x. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? Luke xiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]