†aˈccumbranceObs.Also 5 acombraunce, 6 acc-.[for earlier encombraunce, a.OFr.encombrance,f.encombre-r: see accumber and -nce.]The act of encumbering, impeding, overwhelming; molestation, injury.1489CaxtonFaytes of Armes i. xvii. 49Which thyng is grete acombraunce and full of parel.a1521Helyas in Thoms ProseRom.(1858) III. 67To noye and do accombraunce to them.