Patrol
SEE: Boy Scoutnoun
- 1.
- Border patrol កងល្បាត់ patrol of the border ការល្បាត់ patrol of Boy Scouts ក្រុម
- 2.
- ការល្បាត, ក្រុមល្បាត
verb — past tense: patrolled ; past participle: patrolled ; present participle: patrolling ;
- 1.
- ល្បាត
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (group of eight boy scouts in a troop of Boy scouts) ល្បាត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 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.
- 2.
- 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.
- 3.
- The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
verb — past tense: patrolled ; past participle: patrolled ; present participle: patrolling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
- 3.
- T To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.