The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rove \Rove\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roved; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Roving.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See
   Reave, Rob.]
   1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the
      seas in piracy. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.
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   2. Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or
      pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing,
      walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
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            For who has power to walk has power to rove.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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   3. (Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle
      of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being
      beyond the point-blank range).
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            Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart
            At that good knight so cunningly didst rove.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   Syn: To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roving \Rov"ing\, n.
   1. The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted
      sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine
      for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.
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   2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly
      twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2.
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   Roving frame, Roving machine, a machine for drawing and
      twisting roves and twisting roves and winding them on
      bobbin for the spinning machine.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roving \Rov"ing\, n.
   The act of one who roves or wanders.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

roving
    adj 1: migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic
           habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a
           peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering
           tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving,
           wandering]
    n 1: travelling about without any clear destination; "she
         followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" [syn:
         wandering, roving, vagabondage]