Noun: reconnoitring ,re-ku'noy-tu-ring Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: reconnoitering)
- Exploring in order to gain information
"reconnoitring in enemy territory is very dangerous"; - scouting, exploratory survey, reconnoitering [N. Amer] Verb: reconnoitre ,ree-ku'noy-tu(r) or ,re-ku'noy-tu(r) [N. Amer], ,re-ku'noy-tu(r) [Brit] Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: reconnoiter)
- Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
"They were immediately confronted with an order from General Jackson to reconnoitre the British camp"; "He did not thoroughly reconnoitre with his cavalry towards the Dyle"; - scout, reconnoiter [US], recce [informal]
Type of: observe, recon [N. Amer, informal], reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission Encyclopedia: Reconnoitre |