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Definition of Amble
1. Noun. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
Specialized synonyms: Meander, Ramble, Walkabout
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Ambulate, Perambulate, Perambulate, Promenade, Saunter, Stroll
2. Verb. Walk leisurely. "The children amble to the playground"
Definition of Amble
1. v. i. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
2. n. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side.
Definition of Amble
1. Noun. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll. ¹
2. Noun. An easy gait, especially that of a horse (as above). ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) Of a horse: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amble
1. to saunter [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] - See also: saunter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amble
Literary usage of Amble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier, Simon J. J. Harger (1892)
"Broken amble. We will call, with Vallon and Merche, the broken amble that variety
of the amble in which the members, still associated in lateral bi]>eds, ..."
2. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"We read a great deal of Cicero and Demosthenes, and I take an amble by the side
of the Bishop, on the dusty London road, every day. ..."
3. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"AIRY, or AERY, a term ufed to ex- prefs the reft of a hawk or eagle, borne amble
in hand, not ridden -, others by the help of thinner ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Mines and Minerals by William Bainbridge (1856)
"When it was obstructed, as it might be by the owner of the soil in amble, and
ceased to be passable, it would be no longer convenient for the purposes of ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"amble, which usually set forth the reason of such an act, nothing was to be found
but an outrageous ebullition of moral feeling, ascending in regular ..."
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