Also 7 vagabound, -bund. [f. VAGABOND sb. Cf. F. vagabonder (1526).] intr. To roam or wander (about) as or like a vagabond or vagrant; to vagabondize. Also with it.
a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, IV. (1598), 414. In this sort vagabonding in those vntroden places, they were guided [etc.].
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Rodé, That hath roamed, wandered, vagabonded it all the countrey ouer.
c. 1614. Sir W. Mure, Dido & Æneas, III. 27. [Dido] vagabounding in ane heavy cace Through fields vnknowne, accompanyed by none.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), VI. 357. Vagabonding about from inn to inn.
1861. Reade, Cloister & H., lvi. Why is he not in my counting house at Amsterdam, instead of vagabonding it out yonder?
1901. Westm. Gaz., 18 Oct., 2/1. The said son went vagabonding about the world.
Hence Vagabonding vbl. sb.
a. 1628. F. Grevil, Cælica, xii. Cupid, thou naughtie Boy, when thou wert loathed, Naked and blind, for Vagabunding noted.
