perambulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Per*am`bu*la"tion noun
Definitions
  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. "The . . . bounds of his own perambulation." Obs. Holyday.

Webster 1913