Patrol — Defs

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

imp. & p. p. Patrolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Patrolling

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

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

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

03 n. 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 gr…

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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.(Mil.)
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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.” — A. Hamilton.
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