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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 Convoys from wikipedia
- in
April 1917
convoys were trialled,
before being officially introduced in the
Atlantic in
September 1917.
Other arguments against convoys were raised....
- 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...
- This is a List of
Allied convoys during World War II by region. "Norwegian Campaign,
World War 2 at Sea,
April 1940". "Norwegian Campaign,
World War 2...
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mandates in general.
Beginning January 22,
hundreds of
vehicles formed convoys from
several points and
traversed Canadian provinces before converging...
- The Yehi'am
convoy was a
Haganah convoy was sent from
Haifa during the 1947–48
Civil War in
Mandatory Palestine to
reinforce and re-supply
kibbutz Yehi'am...
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Convoy was an
American trucking software company co-founded by CEO Dan
Lewis and CTO
Grant Goodale. On 25 July 2017, the
company raised $62
million in...
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blockaded kibbutzim of Gush
Etzion in
January 1948,
after earlier motorized convoys had been attacked. They were
spotted before they
could reach their destination...
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Russian convoy may
refer to:
Russian Kyiv
Convoy, a
vehicle convoy that was part of the 2022 Kyiv
offensive Arctic convoys of
World War II,
naval convoys delivering...
- up
convoy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
convoy is a
group of
vehicles traveling together for
mutual support.
Convoy may also
refer to:
Convoy, County...
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Libya was
important to both
sides to
protect their convoys and
attack those of
their opponent. Axis
convoys to
North Africa supplied Italian colonists and...
