Com"pass (kŭm"pas), n. [F. compas, fr. LL. compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com- + passus pace, step. See Pace, Pass.] 1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
They fetched a compass of seven day's journey.
2 Kings iii. 9.
This day I breathed first; time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end;
My life is run his compass.
Shak.
2. An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.