(chiefly military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]
The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
(Australia, New Zealand) A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc. [from 19th c.]
Showing.
(obsolete) Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [15th-19th c.]
(obsolete) An act of showing something; a display. [15th-17th c.]
A collection of peafowl (an invented term rather than one used by zoologists). [from 15th c.]
Verb
(transitive, obsolete) To show, exhibit. [15th-17th c.]
(intransitive) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. [from 15th c.]
(transitive) To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc. [from 15th c.]
(transitive, US) To enroll (into service). [from 19th c.]
