perambulationn.

Brit.

/pəˌrambjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S.

/pəˌræmbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English perambulacioun, late Middle English perembulacion, 1500s parambulacion, 1500s perambulacyon, 1500s–1600s perambulacion, 1500s– perambulation, 1600s perambulatyon (North American); Scottish pre-1700 peirambulation, pre-1700 perambulacion, pre-1700 perambulacione, pre-1700 perambulacioun, pre-1700 perambulacioune, pre-1700 perambulacone, pre-1700 perambulatione, pre-1700 perambulatioun, pre-1700 perambulatioune, pre-1700 perambwlatioun, pre-1700 pereambulation, pre-1700 preambulation (irregular), pre-1700 1700s– perambulation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French perambulacion; Latin perambulatio.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman perambulacion, perambulation, perambulaçoun walking of bounds (14th cent. or earlier), written record of a perambulation (14th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin perambulatio action of walking around (4th cent.), action of walking of the boundaries (frequently c1175–1620 in British sources), written record of a perambulation (1259, c1440 in British sources), area enclosed within the bounds of a perambulation (14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin perambulāt- , past participial stem of perambulāre perambulate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.

a. The action or ceremony of officially walking round a territory (as a forest, manor, parish, etc.) to determine and record its boundaries, to preserve rights of possession, etc., or to confer a blessing. Sometimes also: the ceremony of beating the bounds of a parish. Cf. to beat the bounds at beat v.¹ Phrases 1. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking round or about > walking round boundaries

perambulation1425

peramble1476

perambulatingc1600

1425 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 544 That thai suld..bute fraude or fauour tyle owthyre party make perambulacion..betwyxt the sayd parteis debatabil of the sayd marchis.

a1450 Forest Laws in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 241 (MED) Also if there be ony mann that mad ony perambulacioun or disafforet ony parcell of the forest with oute special commaundement of oure lord the kinge, ye shul do vs to wette where it is do.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 12 Discrete persons..to make parambulacions & to appoint..wher the boundes..shal extend.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rogation Week iv. (heading) An Exhortation to be spoken to suche Paryshes where they vse theyr Perambulation in Rogation weke.

1590 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 515 Ane court of perambulatioun haldin mair nor ane hundreth yeiris syne.

1654 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1877) II. 119 Mr. James Oliver and Robtt Turner are appoynted to run the line betwixt Cambridge and Rocksbury, and the towne of Boston in perambulatyon.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Perambulation of the Forest, is the Surveying or Walking about the Forest, or the Limits of it, by Justices, or other Officers..to set down the Metes and Bounds thereof.

1768 Hist. City & County Norwich 219 An aid was levied..for defraying the expenses of a new charter of confirmation, and of the perambulation of the city bounds.

1801 S. Shaw Staffordsh. II. i. 165 The boundaries..are marked out by what are called Gospel trees, from the custom of having the Gospel read under or near them, by the clergyman attending the parochial perambulations.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 149 The perambulations necessary for carrying out the forest reforms were ordered.

1909 Essex Rev. 18 188 After the perambulation there was a dinner, jointly with the Little Leighs bounds-beaters.

1966 I. D. Willock Origins & Devel. Jury in Scotl. 13 In England there are traces from as early as 1091–6 and through the twelfth century of perambulations ordered by kings or later grantors of land.

2003 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Feb. b1 A proper perambulation would take two days or more.

b. concrete. A written record of a perambulation, esp. as a legal document. In early use also (Scots Law): a writ or deed initiating a perambulation or recording the decision of a court of perambulation. Now rare (chiefly historical).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > official record > specific

perambulationc1455

fine rolla1603

exhibit1702

perambulatory1773

birth certificate1821

death certificate1850

protocol1880

coronation rolls1883

birth paper1888

c1455 Regiam Majestatem c. 154 Gif he agaynis quham the perambulacone is purchasit be within elde the perambulacione sal ses.

1557–8 in Trans. E. Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Soc. (1958) 7 54 For extracting of the said decreit and perambulation of Glaidismure under the quarter seill.

c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 363 Because the meithis and marchis..cannot be provin sufficientlie bot be ane perambulatioun and boundand chartour or uther sufficient document in writ.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 497 King Henry the Second..disforested it, (as wee finde in an old Perambulation).

1746 Eng. Traveller I. 467 The Street,..which is the very word almost by which Bede calls a Roman Road..and which we also find in an old perambulation of the forest.

1894 Dict. National Biogr. at Nowell, Laurence A collection containing perambulations of forests and other matters.

1999 Oxoniensia 63 66 In the perambulation of Wychwood of 1300 Felleyshegg lies somewhere between Ditchley and Wootton.

c. The territory perambulated, or its boundaries; (hence) circumference, bounds; extent, expanse. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > determination of boundary > by perambulation > bounds or area defined by

perambulation1601

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 39 Whatsoeuer lieth betweene Buda and Constantinople, and from the Euxine sea to the banks of Savus, is his [sc. the Turke]. In that perambulation is contained Hungarie, all Bosnia, Seruia, Bulgaria, Macedon, Epire, Greece, Peloponnese, Thrace, and the Archipelago with the Ilands.

1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 71 Huge is that extent of ground which belongs to the perambulation of this large Forrest.

1678 T. Jones Of Heart & Soveraign 116 The one lying within the perambulation and jurisdiction of Divine soveraignty, the other of humane.

?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 10 They were never quiet 'till they..enlarged the Perambulations of what they had.

1779 S. Rudder New Hist. Gloucestershire 29 It appears by the survey, that the forest of Dean contains, within its perambulations, 23,521 acres of the king's waste.

1860 J. Forster Deb. Grand Remonstr. 226 Extending the boundaries of the forests in Essex, and annihilating the ancient perambulations.

1892 Daily News 25 Jan. 5/4 Nominally the Forest has a perambulation of ninety-three thousand acres.

1948 Geogr. Rev. 38 663 Within the perambulation of the Forest are 92,365 acres.

2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Sport section) 29 Camping is prohibited within the perambulation (boundary) of the New Forest except at 10 authorised Forestry Commission sites.

a. A survey of a territory, region, etc.; a journey or tour of inspection. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [noun] > travelling about > touring > for survey or inspection

perambulation?a1500

circuition1533

perlustration1640

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > of land, etc.

viewa1325

perambulation?a1500

surveying1577

reconnaissance1838

reconnoissance1856

?a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1911) 126 366 (MED) Lo, here the envy of this serpent and Devyll Sathan Whan he in erthe had rone in his perembulacion.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I3^v Adrian spent his whole Raigne..in a perambulation, or Suruey of the Romane Empire.

1657 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 215 Apr. 30..he began his perambulation of Oxfordshire: and the monuments in Wolvercot church were the first that he survey'd and transcrib'd.

1797 New Guide City Edinb. (ed. 3) 140 The ornamented grounds lying around, are particularly worthy of perambulation and careful survey.

1857 G. H. Hollister Hist. Connecticut I. 358 Having completed the perambulation, they made a map of the territory.

1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. II. 138/2 A careful perambulation of Scotland and inspection of the herds of that country.

1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 90 532 For the perambulation of this county he had employed a local surveyor named Falgate.

b. concrete. A survey or detailed description of a place; a written account of a walk or tour; a traveller's guide. Now archaic.Frequently in the titles of such works.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun] > survey as result of inspection or examination

perambulation1576

surview1576

survey1613

1576 W. Lambard (title) A perambulation of Kent: conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shyre.

1636 J. Taylor (title) Taylor's travels and circvlar perambulation through..London and Westminster.

1784 S. Pegge Rom. Roads 34 (title) Perambulation of the lesser Roman road in the county of Derby, called the Bath-way.

1894 Lancet 3 Nov. 1069 The work will include a ‘Perambulation’, such as is found in the classic by Stowe and Strype.

1972 G. D. Dear (title) Perambulation of Christchurch.

1994 J. Potton & T. Judge (title) A perambulation of the bounds of Highedge in Appletree.

3. gen.

a. The action of walking through or around a place or space; a walk, a journey on foot. In early use more generally: the action of travelling through or about a country, etc.; a tour.In quot. 1767 in a parody of Johnsonian style.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [noun] > travelling about

raik?c1350

perambulation?c1500

coursing1569

pererration1611

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking round or about

perambulation?c1500

circumambulation1606

?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 67 I shall..make perambulacion, Thorow-oute damaske.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 233 Then he sent out skowtes..to viewe the waye of their perambulation.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 342 Whether discontent or curiosity droue me to this second perambulation.

1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 52 We continued our viatorial progression through the royal perambulations.

1788 R. Cumberland Observer IV. xcvi. 25 The fatigue of so ill-timed a perambulation disabled me from expressing that degree of admiration, which seemed to be expected.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. xi. 288 I..venture to request you to seek some other spot for your nocturnal perambulations.

1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xvi. 29 In the course of his daily perambulations at Lasswade.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 620 Had Bloom discussed similar subjects during nocturnal perambulations in the past?

1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones i. vi. 194 Then there was a quiet perambulation around the grave.

b. With of.

ΚΠ

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 508 After our long perambulation of the Asian Continent, the sea inuironing doth sollicite our next endeuours.

1650 J. Howell Instr. Forren Travell (new ed.) viii. 58 In the perambulation of Italy young Travellers must be cautious..to avoyd one kind of Furbery or cheat.

1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 18 He seems to have intended a very quick perambulation of the country.

1861 T. Lewin Jerusalem 110 In their perambulation of the walls both started in opposite directions.

1896 Harper's Mag. Jan. 228/1 These two..began a perambulation of the shrubberies, which were all festooned with parti-colored lanterns.

1953 Times 18 Nov. 8/2 During a perambulation of the town between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

2002 Independent (Nexis) 31 July 12 McCarthy's Bar, in which the eponymous Pete enjoyed a well-lubricated perambulation of Ireland.

4. figurative. In early use: comprehensive relation or description (of a subject). Later: circumlocution; verbal or literary wandering or digression; an instance of this. Cf. preambulation n.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > complete, exact, or detailed

perambulation1509

explication1527

pantography1828

identification1842

daguerreotype1850

detailing1866

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution

circumlocution?1518

ambage1532

periphrasis1533

circuition1542

circuit1552

notation1555

compassing1580

periphrase1589

ambush1601

encompassment1604

circumambulation1606

circling1623

perambulationa1652

roundaboutness1810

roundaboutation1812

ambagiosity1819

circumambulating1837

peripherization1926

1509 S. Hawes Joyfull Medit. sig. Aii What sholde I shewe by perambulacyon All this grete tryumphe.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb2 I will now attempt to make a generall and faithfull perambulation of learning.

a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht i, in Wks. (1873) I. 16 Leave these perambulations; to the point.

1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers II. iv. ii. 220 His further perambulation of speech was prevented, by the interruption of to him, doubtless, an unwelcome intruder.

1940 Amer. Econ. Rev. 30 592 To this subject, in spite of many tangents and perambulations, he constantly returns.

2002 Observer (Nexis) 30 June (Review section) 17 Herz makes modest perambulations and rambling peregrinations, he remembers, he surmises, he envisages.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

?1585 J. Percival in A. H. Smith et al. Papers N. Bacon of Stiffkey (1983) II. 302 There is also nighe unto hit some pece of the common of Warram, or at the least of theyr perambulation waye.

1670 in Daily Chron. 12 May (1904) 4/7 Spent on the perambulation dinner, £3 10s.

1733 Rep. of Comm. of Parish St. Botolph without Aldersgate 17 Never more than 4l. 10s. was allowed..to be spent on Ascension-day at the Perambulation-dinner.

1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. Introd. 12 A sort of boulevard, or perambulation-road (circuitus).

1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough x. 113 There is also a tradition..that the perambulation party used to confirm the boundary where a paid [= path] lay right across it.

2002 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 22 Oct. 32 Irrespective of the present controversy concerning the possible enlargement of the boundaries of the city of Bristol, I have been planning my perambulation project for some years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perambulation
释义	perambulationn. Brit. /pəˌrambjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /pəˌræmbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English perambulacioun, late Middle English perembulacion, 1500s parambulacion, 1500s perambulacyon, 1500s–1600s perambulacion, 1500s– perambulation, 1600s perambulatyon (North American); Scottish pre-1700 peirambulation, pre-1700 perambulacion, pre-1700 perambulacione, pre-1700 perambulacioun, pre-1700 perambulacioune, pre-1700 perambulacone, pre-1700 perambulatione, pre-1700 perambulatioun, pre-1700 perambulatioune, pre-1700 perambwlatioun, pre-1700 pereambulation, pre-1700 preambulation (irregular), pre-1700 1700s– perambulation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French perambulacion; Latin perambulatio. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman perambulacion, perambulation, perambulaçoun walking of bounds (14th cent. or earlier), written record of a perambulation (14th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin perambulatio action of walking around (4th cent.), action of walking of the boundaries (frequently c1175–1620 in British sources), written record of a perambulation (1259, c1440 in British sources), area enclosed within the bounds of a perambulation (14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin perambulāt- , past participial stem of perambulāre perambulate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. 1. a. The action or ceremony of officially walking round a territory (as a forest, manor, parish, etc.) to determine and record its boundaries, to preserve rights of possession, etc., or to confer a blessing. Sometimes also: the ceremony of beating the bounds of a parish. Cf. to beat the bounds at beat v.¹ Phrases 1. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking round or about > walking round boundaries perambulation1425 peramble1476 perambulatingc1600 1425 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 544 That thai suld..bute fraude or fauour tyle owthyre party make perambulacion..betwyxt the sayd parteis debatabil of the sayd marchis. a1450 Forest Laws in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 241 (MED) Also if there be ony mann that mad ony perambulacioun or disafforet ony parcell of the forest with oute special commaundement of oure lord the kinge, ye shul do vs to wette where it is do. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 12 Discrete persons..to make parambulacions & to appoint..wher the boundes..shal extend. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rogation Week iv. (heading) An Exhortation to be spoken to suche Paryshes where they vse theyr Perambulation in Rogation weke. 1590 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 515 Ane court of perambulatioun haldin mair nor ane hundreth yeiris syne. 1654 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1877) II. 119 Mr. James Oliver and Robtt Turner are appoynted to run the line betwixt Cambridge and Rocksbury, and the towne of Boston in perambulatyon. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Perambulation of the Forest, is the Surveying or Walking about the Forest, or the Limits of it, by Justices, or other Officers..to set down the Metes and Bounds thereof. 1768 Hist. City & County Norwich 219 An aid was levied..for defraying the expenses of a new charter of confirmation, and of the perambulation of the city bounds. 1801 S. Shaw Staffordsh. II. i. 165 The boundaries..are marked out by what are called Gospel trees, from the custom of having the Gospel read under or near them, by the clergyman attending the parochial perambulations. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 149 The perambulations necessary for carrying out the forest reforms were ordered. 1909 Essex Rev. 18 188 After the perambulation there was a dinner, jointly with the Little Leighs bounds-beaters. 1966 I. D. Willock Origins & Devel. Jury in Scotl. 13 In England there are traces from as early as 1091–6 and through the twelfth century of perambulations ordered by kings or later grantors of land. 2003 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Feb. b1 A proper perambulation would take two days or more. b. concrete. A written record of a perambulation, esp. as a legal document. In early use also (Scots Law): a writ or deed initiating a perambulation or recording the decision of a court of perambulation. Now rare (chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > official record > specific perambulationc1455 fine rolla1603 exhibit1702 perambulatory1773 birth certificate1821 death certificate1850 protocol1880 coronation rolls1883 birth paper1888 c1455 Regiam Majestatem c. 154 Gif he agaynis quham the perambulacone is purchasit be within elde the perambulacione sal ses. 1557–8 in Trans. E. Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Soc. (1958) 7 54 For extracting of the said decreit and perambulation of Glaidismure under the quarter seill. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 363 Because the meithis and marchis..cannot be provin sufficientlie bot be ane perambulatioun and boundand chartour or uther sufficient document in writ. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 497 King Henry the Second..disforested it, (as wee finde in an old Perambulation). 1746 Eng. Traveller I. 467 The Street,..which is the very word almost by which Bede calls a Roman Road..and which we also find in an old perambulation of the forest. 1894 Dict. National Biogr. at Nowell, Laurence A collection containing perambulations of forests and other matters. 1999 Oxoniensia 63 66 In the perambulation of Wychwood of 1300 Felleyshegg lies somewhere between Ditchley and Wootton. c. The territory perambulated, or its boundaries; (hence) circumference, bounds; extent, expanse. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > determination of boundary > by perambulation > bounds or area defined by perambulation1601 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 39 Whatsoeuer lieth betweene Buda and Constantinople, and from the Euxine sea to the banks of Savus, is his [sc. the Turke]. In that perambulation is contained Hungarie, all Bosnia, Seruia, Bulgaria, Macedon, Epire, Greece, Peloponnese, Thrace, and the Archipelago with the Ilands. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 71 Huge is that extent of ground which belongs to the perambulation of this large Forrest. 1678 T. Jones Of Heart & Soveraign 116 The one lying within the perambulation and jurisdiction of Divine soveraignty, the other of humane. ?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 10 They were never quiet 'till they..enlarged the Perambulations of what they had. 1779 S. Rudder New Hist. Gloucestershire 29 It appears by the survey, that the forest of Dean contains, within its perambulations, 23,521 acres of the king's waste. 1860 J. Forster Deb. Grand Remonstr. 226 Extending the boundaries of the forests in Essex, and annihilating the ancient perambulations. 1892 Daily News 25 Jan. 5/4 Nominally the Forest has a perambulation of ninety-three thousand acres. 1948 Geogr. Rev. 38 663 Within the perambulation of the Forest are 92,365 acres. 2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Sport section) 29 Camping is prohibited within the perambulation (boundary) of the New Forest except at 10 authorised Forestry Commission sites. 2. a. A survey of a territory, region, etc.; a journey or tour of inspection. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > travelling about > touring > for survey or inspection perambulation?a1500 circuition1533 perlustration1640 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > of land, etc. viewa1325 perambulation?a1500 surveying1577 reconnaissance1838 reconnoissance1856 ?a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1911) 126 366 (MED) Lo, here the envy of this serpent and Devyll Sathan Whan he in erthe had rone in his perembulacion. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I3^v Adrian spent his whole Raigne..in a perambulation, or Suruey of the Romane Empire. View more context for this quotation 1657 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 215 Apr. 30..he began his perambulation of Oxfordshire: and the monuments in Wolvercot church were the first that he survey'd and transcrib'd. 1797 New Guide City Edinb. (ed. 3) 140 The ornamented grounds lying around, are particularly worthy of perambulation and careful survey. 1857 G. H. Hollister Hist. Connecticut I. 358 Having completed the perambulation, they made a map of the territory. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. II. 138/2 A careful perambulation of Scotland and inspection of the herds of that country. 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 90 532 For the perambulation of this county he had employed a local surveyor named Falgate. b. concrete. A survey or detailed description of a place; a written account of a walk or tour; a traveller's guide. Now archaic.Frequently in the titles of such works. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun] > survey as result of inspection or examination perambulation1576 surview1576 survey1613 1576 W. Lambard (title) A perambulation of Kent: conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shyre. 1636 J. Taylor (title) Taylor's travels and circvlar perambulation through..London and Westminster. 1784 S. Pegge Rom. Roads 34 (title) Perambulation of the lesser Roman road in the county of Derby, called the Bath-way. 1894 Lancet 3 Nov. 1069 The work will include a ‘Perambulation’, such as is found in the classic by Stowe and Strype. 1972 G. D. Dear (title) Perambulation of Christchurch. 1994 J. Potton & T. Judge (title) A perambulation of the bounds of Highedge in Appletree. 3. gen. a. The action of walking through or around a place or space; a walk, a journey on foot. In early use more generally: the action of travelling through or about a country, etc.; a tour.In quot. 1767 in a parody of Johnsonian style. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > travelling about raik?c1350 perambulation?c1500 coursing1569 pererration1611 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking round or about perambulation?c1500 circumambulation1606 ?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 67 I shall..make perambulacion, Thorow-oute damaske. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 233 Then he sent out skowtes..to viewe the waye of their perambulation. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 342 Whether discontent or curiosity droue me to this second perambulation. 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 52 We continued our viatorial progression through the royal perambulations. 1788 R. Cumberland Observer IV. xcvi. 25 The fatigue of so ill-timed a perambulation disabled me from expressing that degree of admiration, which seemed to be expected. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. xi. 288 I..venture to request you to seek some other spot for your nocturnal perambulations. 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xvi. 29 In the course of his daily perambulations at Lasswade. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 620 Had Bloom discussed similar subjects during nocturnal perambulations in the past? 1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones i. vi. 194 Then there was a quiet perambulation around the grave. b. With of. ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 508 After our long perambulation of the Asian Continent, the sea inuironing doth sollicite our next endeuours. 1650 J. Howell Instr. Forren Travell (new ed.) viii. 58 In the perambulation of Italy young Travellers must be cautious..to avoyd one kind of Furbery or cheat. 1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 18 He seems to have intended a very quick perambulation of the country. 1861 T. Lewin Jerusalem 110 In their perambulation of the walls both started in opposite directions. 1896 Harper's Mag. Jan. 228/1 These two..began a perambulation of the shrubberies, which were all festooned with parti-colored lanterns. 1953 Times 18 Nov. 8/2 During a perambulation of the town between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 31 July 12 McCarthy's Bar, in which the eponymous Pete enjoyed a well-lubricated perambulation of Ireland. 4. figurative. In early use: comprehensive relation or description (of a subject). Later: circumlocution; verbal or literary wandering or digression; an instance of this. Cf. preambulation n.² ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > complete, exact, or detailed perambulation1509 explication1527 pantography1828 identification1842 daguerreotype1850 detailing1866 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution circumlocution?1518 ambage1532 periphrasis1533 circuition1542 circuit1552 notation1555 compassing1580 periphrase1589 ambush1601 encompassment1604 circumambulation1606 circling1623 perambulationa1652 roundaboutness1810 roundaboutation1812 ambagiosity1819 circumambulating1837 peripherization1926 1509 S. Hawes Joyfull Medit. sig. Aii What sholde I shewe by perambulacyon All this grete tryumphe. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb2 I will now attempt to make a generall and faithfull perambulation of learning. View more context for this quotation a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht i, in Wks. (1873) I. 16 Leave these perambulations; to the point. 1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers II. iv. ii. 220 His further perambulation of speech was prevented, by the interruption of to him, doubtless, an unwelcome intruder. 1940 Amer. Econ. Rev. 30 592 To this subject, in spite of many tangents and perambulations, he constantly returns. 2002 Observer (Nexis) 30 June (Review section) 17 Herz makes modest perambulations and rambling peregrinations, he remembers, he surmises, he envisages. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ ?1585 J. Percival in A. H. Smith et al. Papers N. Bacon of Stiffkey (1983) II. 302 There is also nighe unto hit some pece of the common of Warram, or at the least of theyr perambulation waye. 1670 in Daily Chron. 12 May (1904) 4/7 Spent on the perambulation dinner, £3 10s. 1733 Rep. of Comm. of Parish St. Botolph without Aldersgate 17 Never more than 4l. 10s. was allowed..to be spent on Ascension-day at the Perambulation-dinner. 1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. Introd. 12 A sort of boulevard, or perambulation-road (circuitus). 1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough x. 113 There is also a tradition..that the perambulation party used to confirm the boundary where a paid [= path] lay right across it. 2002 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 22 Oct. 32 Irrespective of the present controversy concerning the possible enlargement of the boundaries of the city of Bristol, I have been planning my perambulation project for some years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1425
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