encumber
/ɪnˈkʌmbə/ /ɛnˈkʌmbə/
verb
[with object]
Restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, entangle’; formerly also as
incumber): from Old French encombrer ‘block up’, from en- ‘in’ + combre
‘river barrage’.
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