Ambulatory

Am·bu·la·to·ry

Ambulatory

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
  2. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.
    The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families.
  3. Pertaining to a walk. [R.]
    The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels.
  4. Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator. (Law)

Ambulatory

n.

pl. Ambulatories

  1. A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building. (Arch.)