[ad. L. ambulātiōn-em, n. of action f. ambulāre to walk.]
1. The action of walking, moving about.
1574. T. Newton, Health of Mag., 7. Persons which feede upon grosse meates … may use vehementer exercise and stronger ambulations.
a. 1770. Akenside, The Poet.
| No! The door is free, | |
| And calls him to evade their deaf’ning clang, | |
| By private ambulation. |
1839. Blackw. Mag., XLV. 779. A style of ambulation peculiarly crustacean!
† 2. The spreading of a gangrene. Obs.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Formul., R iv. To drye the rottennesse that is … blody, and vyrulent and after nede to deffende the ambulacyon.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., Ambulation, in physic, is used by some for the spreading of a gangrene or mortification.
