noun conveyance; means of transportation.
2. convoy ·noun the act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
3. convoy ·noun a drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.
4. 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.
5. convoy ·vt to accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
6. 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.