'Perambulation' definitions:

Definition of 'perambulation'

(from WordNet)
noun
A walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
noun
A leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation]

Definition of 'Perambulation'

From: GCIDE
  • Perambulation \Per*am`bu*la"tion\, n.
  • 1. The act of perambulating; traversing. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection. "The . . . bounds of his own perambulation." [Obs.] --Holyday. [1913 Webster]

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