AMBLE
amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation
(noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
amble, mosey
(verb) walk leisurely
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
amble (plural ambles)
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
Verb
amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)
(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
(intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
Synonyms
• (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter
Anagrams
• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba
Proper noun
Amble
A town, the harbour and civil parish of with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2604).
A minor river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the River Camel estuary (OS grid ref SW9974).
An unincorporated community in Winfield Township, Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.
Anagrams
• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba
Source: Wiktionary
Am"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ambling.] Etym:
[F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in LL., to amble, perh.
fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. base. Cf.
Ambulate.]
1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or
to its rider.
2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without
hard shocks.
The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak.
Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.
Am"ble, n.
1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side
are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other
side. "A fine easy amble." B. Jonson.
2. A movement like the amble of a horse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition