Definition of Convoys

1. Noun. (plural of convoy) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of convoy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Convoys

1. convoy [v] - See also: convoy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Convoys

convolutions
convolutive
convolve
convolved
convolves
convolving
convolvulaceous
convolvuli
convolvulin
convolvulus
convolvuluses
convos
convoy
convoyed
convoying
convoys (current term)
convulsant
convulsant threshold
convulsants
convulse
convulsed
convulses
convulsing
convulsion
convulsional
convulsionaries
convulsionary
convulsionist
convulsionists
convulsions

Literary usage of Convoys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law by George Grafton Wilson, ( (1922)
"CHAPTER V convoys OF EVACUATION ART. 17. convoys of evacuation shall be treated as movable sanitary formations with the following ..."

2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"He intercepted several convoys, and obliged the French troops to quit Fuente Ovejuna, La Granja, Azuaga, and most of the other frontier towns: and' he ..."

3. On War by Carl von Clausewitz, James John Graham, Frederic Natusch Maude (1908)
"CHAPTER XVIII ATTACK OF convoys THE attack and defence of a convoy form a subject of tactics : we should, therefore, have nothing to say upon the subject ..."

4. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1896)
"... Grenville finds no Fault except as to convoys and the Rights of Neutrals—King thought Regulations for Trade of Neutrals might be made by convoys without ..."

5. A Narrative of the Campaign in India which Terminated the War with Tippoo by Alexander Dirom (1793)
"... Lord Cornwallis hastened towards the passes, to cover the convoys that were coming forward from the Carnatic. His Lordship remained with the army to the ..."

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