PLATOON', noun A small square body of soldiers or musketeers, drawn out of a battalion of foot when they form a hollow square, to strengthen the angles; or a small body acting together, but separate from the main body; as, to fire by platoons.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.