What is "round about"

Round \Round\, prep. On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.

The serpent Error twines round human hearts.
--Cowper.

Round about, an emphatic form for round or about. ``Moses . . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle.''
--Num. xi. 24.

To come round, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.]

About \A*bout"\, adv.

1. On all sides; around.

   'Tis time to look about.
   --Shak.

2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.

3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.

   Wandering about from house to house.
   --1 Tim. v. 13.

4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. ``There fell . . . about three thousand men.''
   --Exod. xxii. 28.

5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.

   To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish.

   To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come.

   To go about, To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. ``Shall we set about some revels?''
   --Shak.

   Round about, in every direction around.

Round About is a public art work by artist Linda Howard located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Lynden Sculpture Garden. The abstract sculpture consists of aluminum bars stacked horizontally; it is installed on the lawn.