n. 1. One who walks about; a walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A beetle of the genus Lamia. (b) A genus of birds, or one of this genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ambulatory; fitted for walking. Verrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ambulatorius. ] 1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places. [ 1913 Webster ]

The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining to a walk. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ambulatories [ Cf. LL. ambulatorium. ] (Arch.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. deambulator a traveler. ] Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory. [ Obs. ] “Deambulatory actors.” Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deambulatorium. ] A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Performing like a ropedancer. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

This funambulatory track. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who perambulates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing; a baby carriage; -- called also pram, in Britain. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Preceding; going before; introductory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A somnambulist.
Syn. -- sleepwalker. [ 1913 Webster ]