Convoy /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Convoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Convoying

1. 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.

1. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.

   To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war.

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.

4. Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.]
5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.