About, round.

round about.

Round about.

So as to encircle, enclose, or surround something; on each side or wall (of a room, etc.).

In every direction from a central point; on every side, all about.

= about, adv. (in various senses). Cf. nearabouts, adv.

= round about, adv. (in various senses).

In compass, in circuit, ‘all round’. Obsolete.

In a circular or ring-shaped pattern around something. Chiefly with set. Now rare.

Appended to another adverb, giving the additional notion of ‘for some distance in the specified direction, everywhere in the specified locality’, as…

In a circle.

In an ambient manner (in various senses of the adjective); so as to surround or envelop; through the use of ambient lighting, advertising, etc.

? On each side. rare.