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Meanings of perambulation in English

Portuguese
passeio
Catalan
passejada
Spanish
paseo

A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

        passeio

        An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.

              Usage of perambulation in English
              1
              Perhaps you and I should take a perambulation about this neighbourhood together?
              Imprudence
              2
              And so, on foot, I began to contemplate the fine art of perambulation.
              The Irish Times
              3
              He set himself to make the perambulation of the street.
              Clayhanger
              4
              Finally, in my aimless perambulation, I came to the mantelpiece.
              Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
              5
              Upon Damaris, however, perambulation of those paths palled too soon.
              Deadham Hard: A Romance
              6
              Never did I experience this so feelingly as in the perambulation I am now describing.
              The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 04
              7
              And the more he revived, the more energetically did he protest against this wearisome perambulation.
              The Mystery of 31 New Inn
              8
              Smith paused in his perambulation of the carpet and stared hard at the celebrated art dealer.
              The Hand of Fu-Manchu / Being a New Phase in the Activities of F...
              9
              The perambulation or beatinc of bounds is probably a survival of the same type of rite.
              The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
              10
              Milestone leading the van, they commenced their perambulation.
              The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
              11
              The knowledge of the boundaries of the parish was kept alive by the traditional ceremony of perambulation.
              The American Nation: A History — Volume 1: European Background o...
              12
              I resumed our perambulation, hoping movement would bring Sir Owen to a more relevant topic of conversation.
              A conspiracy of paper: a novel
              13
              You're too busy tweeting, updating your Facebook profile or checking your emails to concentrate on basic perambulation.
              The Irish Times
              14
              Suddenly he stopped in his perambulation, as a faint recollection of the lost key came to his mind.
              Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue / A Tal...
              15
              Raffles paused, cigarette between fingers, in a leonine perambulation of his cage; and his smile was a sufficient affirmative.
              Mr. Justice Raffles
              16
              Here and there in your perambulation you may detect an odour with which certain trenches have already familiarised you.
              Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front
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              Perambulation through the time