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the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes

a detachment used for security or reconnaissance

a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security

the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes

a detachment used for security or reconnaissance

a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security

See Boy Scout.

To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.

The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.

See Boy Scout.

To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.

The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.

A policeman; the act of going the rounds of a district in order to protect it; a small body of soldiers on guard duty.

To go or walk round in order to protect: to go round.

Patrolling.

To go the rounds in a camp or garrison.

To pass round as a sentry:-pr.p. patrolling; pa.t. and pa.p. patrolled'.

The marching round of a guard in the night: the guard which makes a patrol.

A guard which goes round a camp, &c., at night.

To go the rounds, as a guard.

To walk around in order to guard or inspect.

A guard or body of guards patrolling a district.

The act of patrolling.

n. A marching round of a guard in the night, to watch and secure the safety of a camp or other place;—the guard or persons who go the rounds for observation.