| Convoy 1. (n.) The act of accompanying for protection during transportation; as, a convoy of trucks. 2. (v. t.) To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (n.) A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance. 5. (n.) Conveyance; means of transportation. 6. (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. Thesaurus Entries attend, bear, bodyguard, bring, carry, cavalier, chaperon, companion, company, conduct, conductor, consort with, defend, duenna, escort, esquire, execute a maneuver, fellow traveler, gentleman-at-arms, guard, guards, guardsman, guide, heave in together, keep in formation, keep pointed, keep station, lead, maintain position, maneuver, marshal, praetorian guard, protect, safe-conduct, safeguard, shepherd, shield, squire, steam in line, swain, take out, usher, wait on, yeoman |