That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.
To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.