1. The act of escorting while in transit
   "The military convoy protected the supply trucks as they travelled through dangerous territory"
    
2. A collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships
   "The convoy safely transported vital supplies across the Atlantic during World War II"
    
3. A procession of land vehicles travelling together
   "A convoy of aid trucks made its way to the disaster-stricken area"

1. Escort in transit
   "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"

Derived forms: convoys, convoying, convoyed

Type of: accompaniment, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, escort, procession

Encyclopedia: Convoy, OH