convoy

Noun · Verb

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Noun (3)

  1. a procession of land vehicles traveling together
  2. a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships
  3. the act of escorting while in transit

Verb (1)

  1. escort in transit“the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone”“the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific”
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Con·voy′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Convoyed; present participle & verbal noun Convoying.]

Origin: F. convoyer, OF. conveier, convoier. See Convey.

To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.

I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy.— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Con′voy noun

Origin: F. convoi.

1. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.

To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war.— Thomas Babington Macaulay

2. A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.

3. A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.

When every morn my bosom glowed To watch the convoy on the road.— Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. Conveyance; means of transportation. obsolete William Shakespeare

5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. Knight, Edward Henry

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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