[CUMBER v. 8.] A thing or (esp.) person that uselessly cumbers the ground; a useless or unprofitable occupant of a position, (See Luke xiii. 7.)
1657. M. Lawrence, Use & Practice of Faith, 143. Meer cumber-grounds.
1720. Thoresby, Diary, II. 304. An useless unprofitable cumber-ground.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., II. 82. Where all the cumber-grounds of life resort.
