Circumbendibus | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

circumbendibus
A roundabout way, or story. He took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
circumbendibus
A circuitous, roundabout way, either of getting to a spot, or of telling a story.--Holloway's Dic. o...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.