perambulation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perambulation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for perambulation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perambulation n a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) Synonym(s): amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perambulation \Peram`bula"tion\, n. 1. The act of perambulating; traversing. --Bacon. 2. An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc. 3. A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection. [bd]The . . . bounds of his own perambulation.[b8] [Obs.] --Holyday.