Both Uses of
impediment
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- So shall you have a shorter journey to your desires by the means I shall then have to prefer them; and the impediment most profitably removed, without the which there were no expectation of our prosperity.†
Scene 2.1 *
- Behold, I have a weapon; A better never did itself sustain Upon a soldier's thigh: I have seen the day That with this little arm and this good sword I have made my way through more impediments Than twenty times your stop:—but, O vain boast!†
Scene 5.2impediments = things that interfere with action or progress
Definition:
something that interferes with action or progress