perambulation

noun

per·​am·​bu·​la·​tion

ˌpər‧ˌa- also pə̄ˌra-

plural -s

1

a

: an act of walking about : a tour on foot : stroll

his perambulation to the river for his midday bath is a progress in the grand manner

—Alan Moorehead

b

: an official act or ceremony of walking around an area (as a town, parish, forest) to assert and record its boundaries and thereby maintain the rights of possession

c

: an act of traveling through and inspecting an area

spent his whole reign … in a perambulation or survey of the Roman Empire

—Francis Bacon

2

: a written account of a perambulation

3

: the boundary or extent of an area as determined by walking its perimeter

enlarged the perambulations of what they had

—Edmund Hickeringill

4

obsolete : a comprehensive account : survey

a … perambulation of learning

—Francis Bacon

Word History

Etymology

Middle English perambulacion, from Medieval Latin perambulation-, perambulatio, from Latin perambulatus (past participle of perambulare) + -ion-, -io -ion

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Rhymes for perambulation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration