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Definition of Perambulation
1. Noun. A walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Derivative terms: Perambulate
2. Noun. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
Specialized synonyms: Meander, Ramble, Walkabout
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Amble, Ambulate, Perambulate, Perambulate, Promenade, Saunter, Stroll
Definition of Perambulation
1. n. The act of perambulating; traversing.
Definition of Perambulation
1. Noun. (rare) A survey, a tour; a walking around. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perambulation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perambulation
Literary usage of Perambulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dawn of the Constitution: Or, The Reigns of Henry III and Edward I (A. D by James Henry Ramsay (1908)
"A perambulation of the Forests was specially demanded. Edward offered an obstinate
resistance, shifting his ground from day to day,3 and finally attempting ..."
2. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1892)
"... the care which was taken to make such perambulation clear and easily followed.
There is a charter preserved which shows the importance of thus including ..."
3. The Forest of Essex: Its History, Laws, Administration and Ancient Customs by William Richard Fisher (1887)
"... is as follows : — perambulation of the Forest in the county of Essex, made at
Chelmsford, on Friday, the morrow of the Ascension of our Lord, ..."
4. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"A travelling through, or over; as perambulation of the forest is the surveying
or walking about ... perambulation of parishes is to be made by the minister, ..."
5. Where American Independence Began: Quincy, Its Famous Group of Patriots by Daniel Munro Wilson (1902)
"A perambulation of Quincy, revealing all this, will be its own reward. Does the
antiquarian, well satisfied to remain with the picturesque generations among ..."
6. Thomas' Town Officer: A Digest of the Laws of Massachusetts in Relation to by Dwight Foster, James E. Estabrook (1856)
"Notice of perambulation to adjoining towns.—Penalty for neglect to give notice, 4.
... perambulation of bounds between towns and unincorporated places. 6. ..."
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