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▪ I. ambling, vbl. n.|ˈæmblɪŋ|
[f. amble v. + -ing1.]
1. Of a horse: Motion in an amble.
1580Baret Alv. A 344 The pleasant pase or ambling of a horse, Glomeratio. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. vi. 193 They move per latera, that is two legs of one side together, which is Tollutation or ambling. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Horse, Ambling; which is chosen for Ease, Great Men's Seats, or long Travel, is a Motion contrary to Trotting. 1847Youatt Horse ii. 19 As for trotting, cantering, or ambling, it would be an unpardonable fault were he ever to be guilty of it.
2. Of persons: Dancing or walking in an amble; tripping, gliding, walking affectedly.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. iv. 11, I am not for this ambling; Being but heavy, I will beare the light. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. x. 65 What..your uncle Antony means by his frequent amblings hither. 1810Crabbe Borough xix. 35 Their wanton ambling and their watchful wiles. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xii, For all thy mincing and ambling.
3. attrib. (formally identical w. ambling ppl. a.)
a1450Knt. G. de la Tour (1868) 9 Sette a colte in aumblyng ringes, he wille use it whiles thei aren on. 1580Tusser Husb. xcv. ii, Least homelie breaker mar fine ambling ball. a1635Corbett Poems (1807) 19 A wondrous witty ambling pace. 1842Tennyson Lady of Shalott ii. 20 An abbot on an ambling pad. a1845Hood Paul Pry vi, Thy pace, it is an ambling trot.
▪ II. ambling, ppl. a.|ˈæmblɪŋ|
Also 4 -ende, 6 north. -and.
[f. amble v. + -ing2.]
1. Of a horse: Moving in an amble.
1393Gower Conf. II 45 On faire amblende hors they set. c1430Syr Gener. 4031 Thei set him on an ambling palfray. 1535Lyndesay Sat 3363, I let ȝow wit, I am na fuill..I ride vpon ane amland Muill. 1550J. Coke Debate (1877) 118 Ambelynge hackeneys, and hobbes plentie. 1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 320, I will rather trust..a Theefe to walke my ambling gelding then my wife with her selfe. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., The ambling horse changes sides at each remove. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall xvi. 133 She rode her sleek ambling pony. 1836Hor. Smith Tin Trump. I. 28 To those elderly gentlemen..an ambling nag has always been an equestrian beatitude.
2. Hence, Moving with the gait or pace of an ambling horse, whether with regard to alternacy, smoothness, or affectation.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. xiv. 228 The ambling Streame. 1704Rowe Ulysses i. i. 308 Easie ambling Speeches. 1850Blackie æschylus I. Pref. 14 Our own Anapæstic verse..has..a light, ambling, unsteady air about it.
†3. Walking. Obs.
1600Fairfax Tasso iv. xxvii. 60 Of their night ambling dame, the Syrians prated. |