Definition of "ramble"

ramble

/ˈɹæmbəl/

noun
plural rambles
1. A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
  Quotations
  Marianne was prevailed upon to join her sisters in their usual walk, instead of wandering away by herself. Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles. If her sisters intended to walk on the downs, she directly stole away towards the lanes; […]
  1811, Jane Austen, chapter 16, in Sense and Sensibility
  The place was a favourite with all, and the ramble in this quarter was quite a regular custom of the afternoon with the fair heiress of Colonel Walton in particular.
  1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 138
2. A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
3. (mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
4. A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.
  Quotations
  Someone proposed that we play in one of the small clearings in a gay crusing [sic] area in Central Park called the rambles.
  1981 April 25, 10, “Growth Of A Gay Soccer League”, in Gay Community News, page 10
verb
third-person singular simple present rambles, present participle rambling, simple past and past participle rambled
1. To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
2. To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
3. To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address.
  Quotations
  We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch / And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch
  1994, Richard Thompson, “Beeswing”
4. (often with on, about, or both) To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
5. To follow a winding path or course.