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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cumber /ˈkʌmbə/

▶verb dated hamper, hinder, or obstruct. ▶noun archaic a hindrance, obstruction, or burden.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘overthrow, destroy’): prob. from encumber.

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