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Compass

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(encircle). To make a circuit (2 Sam. 5:23²³And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. (2 Samuel 5:23); Acts 28:13¹³And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: (Acts 28:13)).