deambulationn.
/diːˌambjʊˈleɪʃən/ The action of walking abroad or taking a walk.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking for exercise or recreation
walking outc1405
deambulation1531
constitutionalizing1846
power walking1982
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xvi. sig. Hvii Suche exercises, as may be vsed within the house, or in the shadowe..as deambulations.
c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 416 They make deambulacyons With great ostentations.
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iv.) f. 58v In this kingis ydle deambulacion.
1650 W. Sclater, Jr. in W. Sclater Brief Comm. Malachy Ep. Ded. sig. b2 At your refections, deambulations, conferences.
1843 Neale & Webb Symbolism Ch. p. lxvii They had void spaces for deambulation.
1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. iii. 68 Book in hand, he would, on fine days, pace to and fro... In these deambulations, as he called them, he had generally a companion.
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