| Perambulate | v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Perambulate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Perambulated p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating. ] [ L. perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble. ] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| perambulating | adj. [ pr. p. of perambulate (definition 2). ] Strolling or walking around; as, in the field we met some perambulating veterans. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Perambulation | 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 ] |
| Perambulator | n. 1. One who perambulates. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing; a baby carriage; -- called also pram, in Britain. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |