perambulation

noun

a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries

Roots

perper- · Latin · through ambulareambul- · Latin · to walk atio-ation · Latin · act of

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