Perambulate

Per‐am″bu‐late (?), 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.