▪ I. † peˈrambulatory, n. Obs.
[f. L. perambulāre, -āt-: see prec. and -ory1. Cf. ambulatory.]
a. A place for walking about in; a walk. b. ? A record of a perambulation (perambulation 3).
| 1636 R. Brathwait Rom. Emp. 233 Curious walkes and perambulatories befitting so great a Majesties residence. 1773 Amherst Rec. (1884) 61/2 That the Perambulatry of the Line between Hadley and Amherst Lately run..be accepted. 1843 Knickerbocker XXII. 85 Let..the temperance-halls and root-beer perambulatories make answer. |
▪ II. perambulatory, a.
(pəˈræmbjʊlətərɪ)
[f. as prec. + -ory2.]
1. a. Given to perambulating; vagrant, wandering, strolling, itinerant. b. Pertaining to or characterized by perambulation.
| 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 425 It is probable that a perambulatory population would originate. 1805 E. Hopkins (title) An Abstract of the particulars contained in a perambulatory survey of above 200 miles of turnpike road. 1826 Blackw. Mag. XX. 277 Such..as you sometimes see in the scenery of a Perambulatory Theatre. |
2. nonce-use. Relating to perambulators.
| 1856 Tait's Mag. XXIII. 306 We introduced the..perambulatory patent, only to show the risk of dealing in patent rights. |