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Convoy
Convoy Con"voy, n. [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. --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. --Emerson.
4. Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to
check their velocity in going down a hill. --Knight.
ConvoyConvoy Con*voy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convoyed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Convoying.] [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. --Emerson.
Meaning of Convoy from wikipedia
- A
convoy is a
group of vehicles,
typically motor vehicles or ships,
traveling together for
mutual support and protection. Often, a
convoy is organized...
- restrictions,
called the
Freedom Convoy (French:
Convoi de la liberté) by organizers,
began in
early 2022. The
initial convoy movement was
created to protest...
- The
Arctic convoys of
World War II were
oceangoing convoys which sailed from the
United Kingdom, Iceland, and
North America to
northern ports in the Soviet...
- up
convoy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
convoy is a
group of
vehicles traveling together for
mutual support.
Convoy may also
refer to:
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- "
Convoy" is a 1975
novelty song
performed by C. W.
McCall (a
character co-created and
voiced by Bill Fries,
along with Chip Davis) that
became a number-one...
- This is a List of
Allied convoys during World War II by region.
Hague 2000a, pp. 120–122. "Norwegian Campaign,
World War 2 at Sea,
April 1940". Archived...
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Optimus Prime, also
known in ****an as
Convoy, is a
fictional character and the
protagonist of the
Transformers franchise.
Generally depicted as a brave...
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Convoy was an
American trucking software company co-founded by CEO Dan
Lewis and CTO
Grant Goodale. The
company was shut down in
November 2023,
while its...
- The
Convoy of 35 (or the
Lamed He,
which stands for "thirty five" in
Hebrew numerals), was a
convoy of
Haganah and
Palmach fighters sent
during the 1947–48...
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Convoy PQ 17 was an
Allied Arctic convoy during the
Second World War. On 27 June 1942, the
ships sailed from Hvalfjörður, Iceland, for the port of Arkhangelsk...
