单词 | perambulating |
释义 | perambulatingn. Now rare (chiefly historical). The action of perambulating a territory or boundary; = perambulation n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking round or about > walking round boundaries perambulation1425 peramble1476 perambulatingc1600 c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 439 The breve of perambulatioun may be raisit for perambulating of landis lyand without burgh. 1824 T. Thompson Hist. Church & Priory Swine 157 To confirm the custom of perambulating. 2003 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Feb. b1 Selectman Seabury said the rest of the selectmen could go perambulating if they wished, but she was not about to ‘drag herself through the woods’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). perambulatingadj. That perambulates; that moves from place to place; that changes location or position regularly; itinerant, peripatetic. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > travelling about perambulating1706 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > going on foot > through or about perambulating1706 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] walkingc1390 arrant1550 ambulatory1604 itinerating1611 itinerary1617 stray1620 strolling1621 itineral1627 itineratea1628 perambulatory1650 peregrinatory1773 obambulatory1855 perambulant1865 perambulating1926 1706 Female Grievances Debated 77 I took my Accustomary Walk to the Wells, amidst such a Perambulating Train of Loose Gowns and Nightrails. 1788 P. Freneau Misc. Wks. 95 He..minds nothing that passes on the opposite side of the way, and..is little better than a perambulating machine. 1829 H. Hawthorn Visit Babylon 18 The perambulating bugs, that made every limb I had, a meal. 1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 49 Each perambulating infant Had a magic in its squall. 1926 W. J. Locke Stories Near & Far 280 Then he walked round his perambulating property [sc. a caravan]. 1991 R. Grant Royal Forests of Eng. (BNC) 140 The perambulating juries contended that only the ‘ancient demesne’ of the Crown should remain subject to the Forest law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1600adj.1706 |
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