Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AM'BLE, v.i. [Fr. ambler, from L. ambulo, to walk; Qu. amb, about, and the root of Fr. aller.]

1. To move with a certain peculiar pace, as a horse, first lifting his two legs on one side, and then changing to the other. – Edin. Encyc.
2. To move easy, without hard shocks. Him time ambles withal. – Shak.
3. In a ludicrous sense, to move with submission, or by direction, or to move affectedly. – Johnson.