Patrol /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Patrolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Patrolling

1. To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

1. To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

1. 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. (Mil.)
2. 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.

3. See Boy Scout.