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noun

Patrol n.

(Mil.)

(a)

A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.

(b)

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.

(c)

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. "In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations."

See Boy Scout.

verb

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

Patrol v. i. (past & past part. patrolled; pres. part. patrolling) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

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Etymology of 'Patrol'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Patrol" Quotes from Famous Books

... undertaking. Your only forethought lay in securing the countersign of the Junta, which has for the moment saved your life, since I should certainly have caused you to be shot but for it. Also, if I had not discovered you, the Spanish hawks who patrol the coast would have had you in their clutches a few minutes later. Nor do you at this moment know how to find your way to Holguin, much ...

— "Forward, March" - A Tale of the Spanish-American War • Kirk Munroe

... gates would be opened at once, but they remained locked while the patrol went into the guardhouse to report. But as they marched back again, the gates were thrown open and Willis and the ...

— Winning a Cause - World War Stories • John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood

... say anything about it before the "boys," he said, "but it's time some one gave a surprise party down the river;" and a "scatter-on" meaning "niggers in," Maluka readily agreed to a surprise patrol of the river country, that being ...

— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... of the poor will still have nothing; and those to whom you do give bread and clothes to-day will be starving and naked to-morrow. If you care for the few, the many will curse you for your partiality. While I stood meditating, the police patrol drove along the street, and I could see by the corner street lamp that there were two women, one little girl and a drunken old man in the conveyance, going to jail! I ...

— Russell H. Conwell • Agnes Rush Burr

... almost every walk of life—to military men, to peace-loving Indians, and to men who achieved success in politics and agriculture. They were given for sea rescues, for heroic deeds by firemen and school-patrol boys, and for outstanding community and civic work. Within our time they have been given as trophies for excellence in athletics, automobile racing, and many ...

— Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology • Margaret Brown Klapthor

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