perambulat

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 ]

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

n. 1. The act of perambulating; traversing. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection. “The . . . bounds of his own perambulation.” [ Obs. ] Holyday. [ 1913 Webster ]