[f. as prec. + -ATION.] A sailing round. Also transf.
1705. Arbuthnot, Coins (1727), 260 (J.). Concerning the Circumnavigation of Africa.
1772. Pennant, Tours Scotl. (1774), 264. During the circumnavigations of Great Britain.
1807–8. W. Irving, Salmag. (1824), 119. In the course of this circumnavigation the dancers … are continually changing their relative situations.
1845. Darwin, Voy. Nat., xxi. (1852), 501.
