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Noun: perambulation  pu,ram-byu'ley-shun
  1. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
    "They enjoyed a perambulation through the park on Sunday afternoon";
    - amble, promenade, saunter, stroll
     
  2. [Brit] A walk around a territory (a parish, manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
    "The annual perambulation of the village boundaries was a centuries-old tradition"

Derived forms: perambulations

Type of: walk

Encyclopedia: Perambulation