( n. )
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
( n. )
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012