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ult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey.

Cumbersome; troublesome. [Written also encombrous.] [Obs.] Chaucer.

A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges.

hurry, or without ceremony. -- To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.

Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. Sir. P. Sidney.

That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents. I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey. Swift. What do you mean, To dote thus on such luggage! Shak.

Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.

ace; assigned position; special location. Swift to their several quarters hasted then The cumbrous elements. Milton. Hence, specifically:

Servants, collectively. [Obs.] After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude. Milton.

A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.