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.

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