Usage Note
arpenter originally meant to measure land by walking it (from arpent, an old French unit of area). Today it most often means to stride back and forth across a space: arpenter le couloir (to pace the corridor). The agent noun arpenteur still means a land surveyor.
Examples
"Il arpentait la salle d'attente avec impatience."
Natural Translation
He was pacing the waiting room impatiently.

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