roving

About 0.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.
2. adjective Of the eyes or gaze, inspecting all over; not staying fixed on one subject.

   His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.

3. noun A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn or in felting.
4. noun The process of giving the first twist to yarn.
5. verb present participle and gerund of rove

Similar words

wandering vagabondage nomadic peregrine mobile unsettled roaming homeless itinerant touring

Often followed by

bands eye life and commission about the over eyes

Word family

rovings