Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Amble

Amble ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb

[French ambler to amble, from Latin ambulare to walk, in Late Latin, to amble, perh. from amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: compare Greek {not transcribed} to go, English base. Compare Ambulate.]

1.
To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
2.
To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
The skipping king, he ambled up and down. — Shakespeare
Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. — Shakespeare

Amble , noun

1.
A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side.
A fine easy amble. — B. Jonson
2.
A movement like the amble of a horse.