·noun Conveyance; means of transportation.
II. Convoy ·noun The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
III. Convoy ·noun A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.
IV. Convoy ·noun A protection force accompanying ships, ·etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.
V. Convoy ·vt To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to Escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
VI. Convoy ·noun A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, ·etc., and having an armed escort.