Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat. 2. (v.) t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat. 3. (n.) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. 4. (n.) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. 5. (n.) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol. 6. (v. i.) Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.

Multi-Version Concordance Patrol (2 Occurrences) Zechariah 1:10 The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, "They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth." (See NAS RSV) Zechariah 6:7 The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, "Go around and through the earth!" So they walked back and forth through the earth. (See NAS RSV)