perambulation

English

Etymology

perambulate +‎ -ion; alternative surface analysis is per- +‎ ambulation.

Noun

perambulation (countable and uncountable, plural perambulations)

1. (rare) A survey, a tour; a walking around.
2. (law) An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
3. The district thus inspected.

Quotations

• 1902: Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, published by the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society

  Another forest not named in the perambulation is that of Horwich.

• 1929: Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, published by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

  The earliest known reference to the stone is that in the perambulation of the parish of Puddletown recorded in the Cartulary of Christchurch Priory.

Synonyms

• (English legal ceremony) bannering

References

• Radin Law Dictionary, Max Radin; Oceana Publications, 1970.

Anagrams

• preambulation