A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members.
A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.
The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.
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.
The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
To divide up into squadrons.