to accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.-the act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.-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.-a protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.-conveyance; means of transportation.-a drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.