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A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.

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  1. n. A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.
  2. n. The troops placed at such a station.
  3. n. a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
  4. n. a settlement on the frontier of civilization
  5. n. a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
  6. (a) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy. (b) The troops placed at such a station.
  7. n:100 n. a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops