promenade, pourmenade

[Fr. promen ade (O. Fr. pourmenade ), from promener =to walk, from Lat. promino =to drive on by threats, to drive on: pro =forward, and mino = to drive on; minor = to threaten.] 1. A walk for pleasure or exercise. "To try his fortune in another promenade."-Burke: Regicide Peace, let. 3. 2. A place for walking; a public walk. "No unpleasant walk or promenade for the unconfined portion of some solitary prisoner."-Mountagu: Devout E ays, pt. i., tr. xix., § 6. prom-en-ade', v. i. [PROMENADE, 8.] To take a walk for pleasure, exercise, or show.