PERAMBULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perambulation mean? 

• PERAMBULATION (noun)
  The noun PERAMBULATION has 2 senses:

1. a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries

2. a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

  Familiarity information: PERAMBULATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERAMBULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("perambulation" is a kind of...):

walk (the act of walking somewhere)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

perambulate (make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

amble; perambulation; promenade; saunter; stroll

Hypernyms ("perambulation" is a kind of...):

walk (the act of walking somewhere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perambulation"):

meander; ramble (an aimless amble on a winding course)

walkabout (a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally)

Derivation:

perambulate (walk with no particular goal)

 Context examples 

Finally, in my aimless perambulation, I came to the mantelpiece.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)