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Webster 1913 Edition

Discumber

Dis-cum′ber

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
dis-
+
cumber
: cf. OF.
descombrer
.]
To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
[Archaic]
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Discumber

DISCUMBER

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and cumber.] To unburden; to throw off any thing cumbersome; to disengage from any troublesome weight, or impediment; to disencumber. [The latter is generally used.]

Definition 2024

discumber

discumber

English

Verb

discumber ‎(third-person singular simple present discumbers, present participle discumbering, simple past and past participle discumbered)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pope to this entry?)

Etymology

dis- +‎ cumber: compare Old French descombrer.

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