Chesilbury, a huge grass encampment, three hundred yards square, with fosse and rampart still sharp, with a dozen gateways and three mist-pools within its ambit, which stands upon the ancient road and dominates two valleys.
"Lore of Proserpine"
Maurice Hewlett
And since neither can have cognizance of the other, because neither is subject to the other, there must be a third of ampler jurisdiction, to control both by the ambit of his power.
"The Unity of Civilization"
Various
The whole surface of my ambit was spread out like a miniature map in my eye, and continues to be.
"Confessions of Boyhood"
John Albee