perambulating

3 definitions found

perambulating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Perambulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.] [L.
     perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per
     through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.]
     To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the
     purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing;
     specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of
     a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.
     [1913 Webster]

  perambulating \perambulating\ adj. [pr. p. of perambulate
     (definition 2).]
     Strolling or walking around; as, in the field we met some
     perambulating veterans.
     [WordNet 1.5]

perambulating - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  perambulating
      adj 1: strolling or walking around; "perambulating nursemaids
             with their charges"