perambulator

Meaning

  1. (Ireland, UK, dated) A baby carriage.
  2. One who perambulates.
  3. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances, consisting of a wheel that rolls over the ground, along with a clockwork apparatus and a dial plate upon which the distance travelled is shown by an index.

Translations

Etymology

From perambulate + -or.

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