amblen.

Brit.

/ˈambl/, U.S.

/ˈæmb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English ambel, late Middle English ambil, late Middle English aumble, 1500s– amble.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French amble ; amble v.

Etymology: Originally < Middle French amble (13th cent. in Old French, denoting a gait of a horse or other quadruped; the extended use in sense 2 is apparently not paralleled in French until later: 1640; French amble ) < ambler amble v. In later use also partly directly < amble v.Compare Italian ambio (a1374; < †ambiare amble v.).

1. With reference to a horse or other quadruped. A smooth or easy gait, particularly suitable for long-distance riding. In modern use spec.: a four-beat gait having the same sequence as a walk (see walk n.¹ 5a(b)), but greater speed and smoothness. In early use also: a two-beat lateral gait, faster than a walk and often promoted by training, in which the fore and hind legs on one side move in unison, alternating with those on the other (now historical). Also: the rate of progression which these gaits afford; an ambling pace.The two-beat lateral gait is now chiefly referred to as pace (see pace n.¹ 6b.).Certain breeds are particularly inclined to the amble, while others are more inclined to trot (see trot n.¹ 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > amble

ambling1310

amblerec1380

amblec1405

tolutation1646

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Sir Thopas (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 173 His Steede was al dappel gray It goth an Ambel [c1405 Ellesmere Ambil, c1425 Petworth aumble] in the way.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxvii. 216 They [i.e. bears] go somtimes a galloppe, & somtimes an amble: but when they wallow then they go at moste ease.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. ii. sig. F4^v Out of the olde hackney pace, to a fine easy amble .

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) An Amble is usually the first natural Pace of young Colts... There is no such thing as an Amble, in the Manage; the Riding-Masters allowing of no other Paces, beside Walk, Trot, and Gallop.

1799 H. Hunter tr. C. S. Sonnini Trav. Upper & Lower Egypt II. xxxv. 316 Their [sc. mules'] pace was an amble with very long steps; and to this they were brought by fastening each fore foot to the hinder one of the same side with a cord for some time.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiv. 9 The grey mare..breaking from her sober amble into a gentle trot.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 111 The usual pace of these animals [sc. mules] is an amble, which consists in lifting both legs on the same side at once.

1967 Sputnik Monthly Digest Nov. 88/2 Only Gulsary, who was a pacer, after all, went at an amble. This was both his strength and his weakness.

2010 A. F. Fraser Behaviour & Welfare of Horse (ed. 2) vii. 81 The amble is a specific type of walk; essentially it is accelerated walking.

2. With reference to a person. Originally: a gait or motion that is suggestive of the amble of a horse, esp. in its smoothness, steadiness, or low speed; the moderate pace which this affords. Now: a slow, relaxed, or leisurely gait or pace, esp. that of someone without a fixed aim or destination.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stately or affected

cock pace1569

stalk1590

ambling1597

amble1607

strut1607

jetting1609

prance1648

grand pas1651

strutting1656

jet1686

to have a roll on1881

society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > movement > specific movements

gambol1509

gamond?a1513

frisco?1520

brawl1521

frisk1525

friscal1570

goat's jump1589

caper1592

capriole1596

capering1598

amble1607

friscado1634

rising1694

sink1706

moulinet1785

ballon1828

toeing1871

bump1931

heel turn1933

partnering1939

grind1946

shake1946

thigh lift1949

cambré1952

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iii. sig. F2 Put a Reueller, Out off his Antick amble.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. ii. sig. C2 To teach him his true amble and his postures, When he walkes before a Lady.

a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) II. 4 Nor let the youth , who means for spoil to scramble, Trip, like patch'd, petite maitre's puny amble!

1872 Every Sat. 28 Dec. 702/2 Dropping from the hurried pace at which he had quitted the house, into a leisurely amble.

1930 ‘J. Taine’ Iron Star i. 9 Swain swung himself by one arm round the lamp post and made off to the west with a rolling, lurching amble like that of a drunken sailor.

1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 23 Her husband..follows at a sleepy amble.

3. In earliest use: †a ride on a horse undertaken at a smooth or easy gait (obsolete). Hence: a leisurely or undemanding walk; a stroll. Also in figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 545 Rejoining the hunt after a short amble, upon a newly ploughed field.

1869 Bailey's Monthly Mag. Aug. 70 He resumed his leisurely amble towards Heatherthorp.

1916 Shanghai Times 30 Dec. 5/5 A little domestic work and a pleasant amble round the shops in the morning.

1988 Smash Hits 19 Oct. 82/3 There's an amble down so-called memory lane too.

2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 Aug. d9/4 I ended my visit with a self-guided amble through the heritage garden.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

amblev.

Brit.

/ˈambl/, U.S.

/ˈæmb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English ambill, Middle English ambule, Middle English aumbly, Middle English awmbel, Middle English awmble, Middle English–1500s ambel, Middle English–1500s (1800s– English regional (northern)) aumble, Middle English (1800s– English regional (midlands)) omble, Middle English– amble; also Scottish pre-1700 ambil.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aumbler.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aumbler, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ambler (French (now archaic) ambler ) (of a horse or other quadruped) to move onwards with the amble as its gait, (of a person) to ride on a horse or other quadruped which moves in this way (both second half of the 12th cent.), ultimately < classical Latin ambulāre ambulate v., with elision of the medial unstressed -u- (see further Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch XXIV. at ambulare). Compare ambulate v.Compare Old Occitan, Occitan amblar (13th cent.), Franco-Occitan amblar (c1180), Catalan amblar (c1390), Spanish amblar (beginning of the 13th cent.), Italian †ambiare (late 13th cent. as †ambla).

a. intransitive. Of a horse or other quadruped. To move forwards at the gait or pace of an amble (amble n. 1). More generally: to move at a smooth, easy, or leisurely pace.Frequently opposed to trot v. 1a, esp. in early use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > amble

amble1310

pace1598

pad1724

tolutate1803

singlea1864

single-foot1890

tripple1899

1310 [implied in: 1310 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 25/1 Omblyngshon (at ambling n. 1)].

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1330 Now comeþ Gij soft rideing Opon a mulet ambling [a1500 Cambr. Ff.2.38 wele awmbelynge].

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 940 As hors þat evir trottid, trewlich I ȝew tell, It were hard to make hym, after to ambill well.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin (1899) xxxii. 636 With this worde entred in to the court two squyres vpon two rounsies stronge and swyfte amblinge.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 66 Trotte sire and trotte damme, how should the fole amble?

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 5 She ambles with one leg, trots with another.

1766 Compl. Farmer Tramel,..made sometimes of leather, but more usually of ropes, fitted to a horse's legs to regulate his motion, and teach him to amble.

1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 374/1 His well-fed nag ambled to the foot of the mountain.

1909 Chatterbox 204/1 In some countries the horses which are ridden are taught to amble.

1992 K. A. Houpt in J. W. Evans Horse Breeding & Managem. iii. 93 All horses amble at times and foals of all breeds amble frequently.

b. intransitive. Of a person. To ride on a horse (or other quadruped) which moves in this way.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride with an easy pace

amblec1405

pad-nag1748

shack1833

tripple1899

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 812 What amble, or trotte, or pees, or go sit doun.

1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. iv. sig. E.iij I will aumble so fast, that I will soone be there.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. ii. 139 A grave Serjeant at Law condescended to amble to Westminster on an easy Pad.

1856 T. A. Trollope Girlhood C. de Medici 246 [The] little ladies, as they ambled on side by side, at the head of their gay cavalcade.

a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) ii. xiii. 425 Jack Muskham mounted his potter pony and ambled off.

1980 M. Z. Bradley Two to Conquer iii. 46 He looked ahead to where they rode..two women, one overplump for riding, ambling on a donkey.

a. intransitive. Originally: to move or walk with a gait or motion suggestive of the amble of a horse (see amble n. 1), esp. in its smoothness, steadiness, or moderate speed. Now: to move or walk at a slow, relaxed, or leisurely pace, typically in a slightly aimless fashion; to wander. Frequently with adverb or adverbial phrase. Also in figurative contexts.In early use sometimes applied to dancing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk with easy motion

amble?1576

?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. E.iii^v The weight shall make him amble and manerly tread, and sooner he shal be laide on for groning, than for kicking.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 60 The skipping king, he ambled vp and downe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 302 Ile tel you who Time ambles withal; who time trots withall, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands stil withal.

1716 J. Addison Drummer i. 12 She had..play'd at an Assembly, and ambled in a Ball or two.

1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto ii. 48 How fast your thoughts amble.

1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Sept. 199 You shall soon Be ambling to some pretty tune.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xi. 162 Mr. Wilson, a good-natured but extremely fidgety and cautious old gentleman, ambled up and down the room.

a1906 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 120 Behold Ikey as he ambles up the street.

1964 A. Wilson Late Call iv. 141 She ambled around, taking her time.

2011 N.Y. Mag. 3 Jan. 52/2 You can amble down the long aisles and ogle the..glimmering bottles.

b. intransitive. Originally of a flow of water: to move with a steady or easy motion. In later use: to flow at a slow or relaxed pace; (esp. of language, music, etc.) to flow in a slightly aimless or unstructured manner. Frequently with adverb or adverbial phrase.

ΚΠ

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 7 The Tawe..easely ambling downe through the Deuonian dales.

c1660 R. Carpenter Pragmatical Jesuit v. ii. 54 Thou mak'st the tears go ambling down my cheeks: tears of Comfort.

1794 J. Courtenay Present State France & Italy 53 No ideas disturb the smooth flow of his song, Like a stream without pebbles it ambles along.

1829 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 19 Sept. 220/1 We think of summer months that glided by like rivers ambling to the sea.

1919 J. R. Crawford in W. Shakespeare As you like It Notes 113 These verses amble monotonously along like files of butter-women riding nags to market.

1925 W. Hackett Captain Applejack (1953) i. 66 I am as placid as a rivulet ambling through a meadow.

1994 Harvard Rev. 7 198 These poems amble along the fault-lines of consciousness.

3. transitive. To pursue or follow (a certain way or course) by ambling, esp. by walking at a slow pace or in a slightly aimless manner. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iv. vi. 26 That in the end you bring him to amble the whole length of the wall, or an ordinarie road.

1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iv. i. 55 Are all my hopes frustrated? shall I never..see thee amble the Circuit with the Judges?

1770 G. S. Carey Analects in Verse & Prose I. 170 At the conclusion of every song, they amble the hays together.

1813 D. W. Paynter Godfrey Ranger III. iii. 30 Miss Fribbler, who was ambling the way to her father's office.

1874 Atlantic Monthly June 657/2 The guard was a lank, straddling fellow, and he ambled his six steps back and forth across the gate with an attempt at a soldierly carriage.

1951 F. O'Hara in Accent Summer 174 If I'd been in Berlin in 1930, would I have seen you ambling the streets like Krazy Kat?

1993 I. Okpewho Tides (1994) 55 I had no choice but to lift the barrier and amble my way in.

2005 J. Kelly Moon Tunnel iii. 23 She was a common enough sight around the town, ambling the fields with her metal detector.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amble
释义	amblen. Brit. /ˈambl/, U.S. /ˈæmb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English ambel, late Middle English ambil, late Middle English aumble, 1500s– amble. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French amble ; amble v. Etymology: Originally < Middle French amble (13th cent. in Old French, denoting a gait of a horse or other quadruped; the extended use in sense 2 is apparently not paralleled in French until later: 1640; French amble ) < ambler amble v. In later use also partly directly < amble v.Compare Italian ambio (a1374; < †ambiare amble v.). 1. With reference to a horse or other quadruped. A smooth or easy gait, particularly suitable for long-distance riding. In modern use spec.: a four-beat gait having the same sequence as a walk (see walk n.¹ 5a(b)), but greater speed and smoothness. In early use also: a two-beat lateral gait, faster than a walk and often promoted by training, in which the fore and hind legs on one side move in unison, alternating with those on the other (now historical). Also: the rate of progression which these gaits afford; an ambling pace.The two-beat lateral gait is now chiefly referred to as pace (see pace n.¹ 6b.).Certain breeds are particularly inclined to the amble, while others are more inclined to trot (see trot n.¹ 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > amble ambling1310 amblerec1380 amblec1405 tolutation1646 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Sir Thopas (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 173 His Steede was al dappel gray It goth an Ambel [c1405 Ellesmere Ambil, c1425 Petworth aumble] in the way. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxvii. 216 They [i.e. bears] go somtimes a galloppe, & somtimes an amble: but when they wallow then they go at moste ease. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. ii. sig. F4^v Out of the olde hackney pace, to a fine easy amble . View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) An Amble is usually the first natural Pace of young Colts... There is no such thing as an Amble, in the Manage; the Riding-Masters allowing of no other Paces, beside Walk, Trot, and Gallop. 1799 H. Hunter tr. C. S. Sonnini Trav. Upper & Lower Egypt II. xxxv. 316 Their [sc. mules'] pace was an amble with very long steps; and to this they were brought by fastening each fore foot to the hinder one of the same side with a cord for some time. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiv. 9 The grey mare..breaking from her sober amble into a gentle trot. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 111 The usual pace of these animals [sc. mules] is an amble, which consists in lifting both legs on the same side at once. 1967 Sputnik Monthly Digest Nov. 88/2 Only Gulsary, who was a pacer, after all, went at an amble. This was both his strength and his weakness. 2010 A. F. Fraser Behaviour & Welfare of Horse (ed. 2) vii. 81 The amble is a specific type of walk; essentially it is accelerated walking. 2. With reference to a person. Originally: a gait or motion that is suggestive of the amble of a horse, esp. in its smoothness, steadiness, or low speed; the moderate pace which this affords. Now: a slow, relaxed, or leisurely gait or pace, esp. that of someone without a fixed aim or destination. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stately or affected cock pace1569 stalk1590 ambling1597 amble1607 strut1607 jetting1609 prance1648 grand pas1651 strutting1656 jet1686 to have a roll on1881 society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > movement > specific movements gambol1509 gamond?a1513 frisco?1520 brawl1521 frisk1525 friscal1570 goat's jump1589 caper1592 capriole1596 capering1598 amble1607 friscado1634 rising1694 sink1706 moulinet1785 ballon1828 toeing1871 bump1931 heel turn1933 partnering1939 grind1946 shake1946 thigh lift1949 cambré1952 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iii. sig. F2 Put a Reueller, Out off his Antick amble. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. ii. sig. C2 To teach him his true amble and his postures, When he walkes before a Lady. a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) II. 4 Nor let the youth , who means for spoil to scramble, Trip, like patch'd, petite maitre's puny amble! 1872 Every Sat. 28 Dec. 702/2 Dropping from the hurried pace at which he had quitted the house, into a leisurely amble. 1930 ‘J. Taine’ Iron Star i. 9 Swain swung himself by one arm round the lamp post and made off to the west with a rolling, lurching amble like that of a drunken sailor. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 23 Her husband..follows at a sleepy amble. 3. In earliest use: †a ride on a horse undertaken at a smooth or easy gait (obsolete). Hence: a leisurely or undemanding walk; a stroll. Also in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 545 Rejoining the hunt after a short amble, upon a newly ploughed field. 1869 Bailey's Monthly Mag. Aug. 70 He resumed his leisurely amble towards Heatherthorp. 1916 Shanghai Times 30 Dec. 5/5 A little domestic work and a pleasant amble round the shops in the morning. 1988 Smash Hits 19 Oct. 82/3 There's an amble down so-called memory lane too. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 Aug. d9/4 I ended my visit with a self-guided amble through the heritage garden. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). amblev. Brit. /ˈambl/, U.S. /ˈæmb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English ambill, Middle English ambule, Middle English aumbly, Middle English awmbel, Middle English awmble, Middle English–1500s ambel, Middle English–1500s (1800s– English regional (northern)) aumble, Middle English (1800s– English regional (midlands)) omble, Middle English– amble; also Scottish pre-1700 ambil. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aumbler. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aumbler, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ambler (French (now archaic) ambler ) (of a horse or other quadruped) to move onwards with the amble as its gait, (of a person) to ride on a horse or other quadruped which moves in this way (both second half of the 12th cent.), ultimately < classical Latin ambulāre ambulate v., with elision of the medial unstressed -u- (see further Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch XXIV. at ambulare). Compare ambulate v.Compare Old Occitan, Occitan amblar (13th cent.), Franco-Occitan amblar (c1180), Catalan amblar (c1390), Spanish amblar (beginning of the 13th cent.), Italian †ambiare (late 13th cent. as †ambla). 1. a. intransitive. Of a horse or other quadruped. To move forwards at the gait or pace of an amble (amble n. 1). More generally: to move at a smooth, easy, or leisurely pace.Frequently opposed to trot v. 1a, esp. in early use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > amble amble1310 pace1598 pad1724 tolutate1803 singlea1864 single-foot1890 tripple1899 1310 [implied in: 1310 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 25/1 Omblyngshon (at ambling n. 1)]. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1330 Now comeþ Gij soft rideing Opon a mulet ambling [a1500 Cambr. Ff.2.38 wele awmbelynge]. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 940 As hors þat evir trottid, trewlich I ȝew tell, It were hard to make hym, after to ambill well. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin (1899) xxxii. 636 With this worde entred in to the court two squyres vpon two rounsies stronge and swyfte amblinge. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 66 Trotte sire and trotte damme, how should the fole amble? 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 5 She ambles with one leg, trots with another. 1766 Compl. Farmer Tramel,..made sometimes of leather, but more usually of ropes, fitted to a horse's legs to regulate his motion, and teach him to amble. 1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 374/1 His well-fed nag ambled to the foot of the mountain. 1909 Chatterbox 204/1 In some countries the horses which are ridden are taught to amble. 1992 K. A. Houpt in J. W. Evans Horse Breeding & Managem. iii. 93 All horses amble at times and foals of all breeds amble frequently. b. intransitive. Of a person. To ride on a horse (or other quadruped) which moves in this way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride with an easy pace amblec1405 pad-nag1748 shack1833 tripple1899 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 812 What amble, or trotte, or pees, or go sit doun. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. iv. sig. E.iij I will aumble so fast, that I will soone be there. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. ii. 139 A grave Serjeant at Law condescended to amble to Westminster on an easy Pad. View more context for this quotation 1856 T. A. Trollope Girlhood C. de Medici 246 [The] little ladies, as they ambled on side by side, at the head of their gay cavalcade. a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) ii. xiii. 425 Jack Muskham mounted his potter pony and ambled off. 1980 M. Z. Bradley Two to Conquer iii. 46 He looked ahead to where they rode..two women, one overplump for riding, ambling on a donkey. 2. a. intransitive. Originally: to move or walk with a gait or motion suggestive of the amble of a horse (see amble n. 1), esp. in its smoothness, steadiness, or moderate speed. Now: to move or walk at a slow, relaxed, or leisurely pace, typically in a slightly aimless fashion; to wander. Frequently with adverb or adverbial phrase. Also in figurative contexts.In early use sometimes applied to dancing. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk with easy motion amble?1576 ?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. E.iii^v The weight shall make him amble and manerly tread, and sooner he shal be laide on for groning, than for kicking. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 60 The skipping king, he ambled vp and downe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 302 Ile tel you who Time ambles withal; who time trots withall, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands stil withal. View more context for this quotation 1716 J. Addison Drummer i. 12 She had..play'd at an Assembly, and ambled in a Ball or two. 1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto ii. 48 How fast your thoughts amble. 1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Sept. 199 You shall soon Be ambling to some pretty tune. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xi. 162 Mr. Wilson, a good-natured but extremely fidgety and cautious old gentleman, ambled up and down the room. a1906 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 120 Behold Ikey as he ambles up the street. 1964 A. Wilson Late Call iv. 141 She ambled around, taking her time. 2011 N.Y. Mag. 3 Jan. 52/2 You can amble down the long aisles and ogle the..glimmering bottles. b. intransitive. Originally of a flow of water: to move with a steady or easy motion. In later use: to flow at a slow or relaxed pace; (esp. of language, music, etc.) to flow in a slightly aimless or unstructured manner. Frequently with adverb or adverbial phrase. ΚΠ 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 7 The Tawe..easely ambling downe through the Deuonian dales. c1660 R. Carpenter Pragmatical Jesuit v. ii. 54 Thou mak'st the tears go ambling down my cheeks: tears of Comfort. 1794 J. Courtenay Present State France & Italy 53 No ideas disturb the smooth flow of his song, Like a stream without pebbles it ambles along. 1829 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 19 Sept. 220/1 We think of summer months that glided by like rivers ambling to the sea. 1919 J. R. Crawford in W. Shakespeare As you like It Notes 113 These verses amble monotonously along like files of butter-women riding nags to market. 1925 W. Hackett Captain Applejack (1953) i. 66 I am as placid as a rivulet ambling through a meadow. 1994 Harvard Rev. 7 198 These poems amble along the fault-lines of consciousness. 3. transitive. To pursue or follow (a certain way or course) by ambling, esp. by walking at a slow pace or in a slightly aimless manner. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iv. vi. 26 That in the end you bring him to amble the whole length of the wall, or an ordinarie road. 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iv. i. 55 Are all my hopes frustrated? shall I never..see thee amble the Circuit with the Judges? 1770 G. S. Carey Analects in Verse & Prose I. 170 At the conclusion of every song, they amble the hays together. 1813 D. W. Paynter Godfrey Ranger III. iii. 30 Miss Fribbler, who was ambling the way to her father's office. 1874 Atlantic Monthly June 657/2 The guard was a lank, straddling fellow, and he ambled his six steps back and forth across the gate with an attempt at a soldierly carriage. 1951 F. O'Hara in Accent Summer 174 If I'd been in Berlin in 1930, would I have seen you ambling the streets like Krazy Kat? 1993 I. Okpewho Tides (1994) 55 I had no choice but to lift the barrier and amble my way in. 2005 J. Kelly Moon Tunnel iii. 23 She was a common enough sight around the town, ambling the fields with her metal detector. 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