Definitions
Small military unit usually made up of several squads.
Word origin
From obsolete French plauton, variant of peloton, from Middle French pelote + -on. Doublet of peloton. Compare pellet.
Used in a sentence
“Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage.”
“Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon.”
“You must understand the rules of football in 1939. There was no platooning, so each man played both offense and defense.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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