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Perambulation

noun
1.
A walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries.
2.
A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).  Synonyms: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll.





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"Perambulation" Quotes from Famous Books



... various local maps and the Coast-Survey chart, is the result of much personal exploration and perambulation of the ground. It may claim to be a very exact representation of many of the original grants and farms. The locality of the houses, mills, and bridges, in 1692, is given in some cases precisely, and in all with near approximation. The task has been ...
— Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II • Charles Upham
... labouring people, between the site of the old turnpike at the end of Prince's Street, and that of the new, at the King's Head Pond, our friend the tinman, who was nothing if not crotchetty, insisted with so much pertinacity upon the perambulation of the blue-coated officials appointed for that beat, being extended along the highway for the distance aforesaid, that the whole council were set together by the ears, and the measure had very nearly ...
— Mr. Joseph Hanson, The Haberdasher • Mary Russell Mitford
... Patriarch. Patrician. Patrimony. Patriotism. [Greek: patris]. Patrius sermo. Patron. Peacock. "Pearl grass." Pearls. Pebbles. Pedagogy (Primitive). of play. Peevish. Pelican. Pennalism. Peunou. Pennyroyal. Peragenor. Perambulation. Percival. Personal names. Pet, pettish. Phallus. Pharaoh. Phatite. Philemon. Philology (see Linguistics). Philosophy. [Greek: phusi]. Phyllis. Physical efficiency. Physiognomy. "Physonyms." Pigs. Pine. Pinks. Pippadolify. "Pity my Case." "Place, my." Plant-food. —mother, ...
— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain


Words linked to "Perambulation" :   meander, walk, stroll, perambulate, UK, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ramble, U.K., Great Britain, saunter, promenade, United Kingdom, walkabout, amble


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