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convoy

volume_up
UK /ˈkɒnvɔɪ/
nouna group of ships or vehicles travelling together, typically one accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protectiona convoy of lorriesverb (with object) (of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protectionAmerican destroyers helped to convoy much-needed supplies to Britain in 1917–18

phrases

in convoy

word 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)