convoy
noun
[ ˈkɒnvɔɪ ]
• a group of ships or vehicles travelling together, typically one accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection.
• "a convoy of lorries"
Similar:
group,
fleet,
cavalcade,
motorcade,
cortège,
caravan,
company,
line,
train,
procession,
crocodile,
convoy
verb
• (of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection.
• "American destroyers helped to convoy much-needed supplies to Britain in 1917–18"
Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots, as a verb in the senses ‘convey’, ‘conduct’, and ‘act as escort’): from French convoyer, from medieval Latin conviare (see convey).
in convoy
• as a group; together.
• "the army trucks had passed through in convoy the previous evening"
