Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. · Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn unhurried leisurely walk or stroll. · An easy gait, especially that of a horse. · That which follows the preamble, by analogy.
From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“to walk”). Doublet of ambulate.
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