Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perambulating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Perambulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perambulating}.] [L.
perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per
through + ambulare to walk. See {Per-}, and {Amble}.]
To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the
purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing;
specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of
a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perambulating
adj : strolling or walking around; "perambulating nursemaids with
their charges"
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