Impeded meaning

guns could have been turned on to the beaches, of which the range was exactly known, and embarkation, impeded as it was by the rough water, could hardly have been carried out without many casualties.

Its settlement and development is seriously impeded by the lack of transportation facilities.

The completion was impeded by a number of factors.

to more than cost) greatly impeded the development of the industry.

While he was detained on this business the archbishop of Armagh died in January 1625, and the king at once nominated Usher to the vacant primacy; but severe illness and other causes impeded his return to Ireland until August 1626.