am|bu|la|to|ry

am|bu|la|to|ry «AM byuh luh _TR ee, -_TOHR-», adjective, noun, plural -ries.

–adj.

1. having to do with walking; fitted for walking: »

the ambulatory life of a sheepherder.

2. capable of walking; not bedridden: »

an ambulatory patient.

3. moving from place to place: »

The Lapps live in ambulatory villages, moving with their herds of reindeer.

SYNONYM(S): itinerant.

4. Figurative. not fixed; changeable: »

A man's will is ambulatory until his death.

–n.

a covered place for walking, such as the aisle of a church surrounding the choir and apse or the cloister of a monastery.