Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Amble \Am"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ambled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Ambling}.] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in
   LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to
   go: cf. Gr. ? to go, E. base. Cf. {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. --Shak.

            Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. --Shak.