Middle English Dictionary Entry
perambulāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | perambulāciǒun n. Also perembulacion. |
| Etymology | AL & AF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A journey or tour of inspection; maken ~, to walk around the borders of a territory in order to establish its boundaries.
Associated quotations
- [ (1306) Statutes Realm1.149 : Illi qui communem pasturam in foresta, ante perambulacionem factam habebant, et qui sunt postea repositi in foresta..habeant communem pasturam..in forestis. ]
- [ (1373) RParl.2.320b : Les Chartre, Franchises, & Perambulation dont ceste Bille fait mention soient ratifiez. ]
- a1450 Forest Laws (Dc 335)241 : Also if there be ony mann that mad ony perambulacioun or disafforet ony parcell of the forest with oute special commaundement of oure lord the kinge, ye shul do vs to wette where it is do.
- ?a1500 Job (Hnt HM 140)30 : Lo, here the envy of this serpent and Devyll Sathan Whan he in erthe had rone in his perembulacion.