1. guard, watch; reconnaissance tour, scouting tour; squad car. scout, make a reconnaissance tour; keep safe, maintain security. patrol\pa*trol"\, n. see:
boy scout.patrol \pa*trol"\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. patrolled ; p. pr. & vb. n. patrolling.] [f. patrouiller, o. & prov. f. patrouiller to paddle, paw about, patrol, fr. patte a paw; cf. d. poot paw, g. pfote, and e. pat, v.] to go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.patrol \pa*trol"\ , v. t to go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.patrol \pa*trol"\, n. [f. patrouille, of. patouille. see:
patrol, v. i.].
2. (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.
3. 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. hamilton.patrol n.
4. a detachment used for security or reconnaissance.
5. the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes.
6. a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security maintain the security of by carrying out a control [syn: police].
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
11. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.
12. See Boy Scout. 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 maintain the security of by carrying out a control.
13. 1. When soldiers, police, or guards patrol an area or building, they move around it in order to make sure that there is no trouble there. Prison officers continued to patrol the grounds within the jail. Patrol is also a noun. He failed to return from a patrol.
14. Soldiers, police, or guards who are on patrol are patrolling an area. The army is now on patrol in Srinagar and a curfew has been imposed.
15. A patrol is a group of soldiers or vehicles that are patrolling an area. Guerrillas attacked a patrol with hand grenades.
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