circumvolation

noun4

1. •
   (no longer used) The act of flying round.

   • Favourable conditions permitted the "circumvolation" of the world in twenty-four hours. But flying had not become general and was still the exclusive privilege of the council and its supporters. — 1903
2. •
   (no longer used) Circulation; the act of moving around something.

   • It may be conjectured that the circumvolation of these moved the ether, and occasioned that whistling, the gentle pleasantness of which bore an adequate agreement with their well-timed motion. — 1790
3. •
   (no longer used) The act of surrounding with a military force; the creation of a cordon.
4. •
   (figurative, no longer used) Vacillation; the act of changing one's mind repeatedly.