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(tru
p) [f. prec. n.]
1. intr. To gather in a company; to come together; to flock, assemble.
1565 COOPER Thesaurus,
Agglomero,..to prease or gather thicke to gether, as souldiours doe: to trowpe.
1588 SHAKES. Tit. A. II. i. 113 There will the louely Roman Ladies troope.
1604 E. G[RIMSTONE] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies IV. xxxiii. 300 These wilde kine have so multiplied..that they troupe together in the fields and woods by thousands.
1667 MILTON P.L. VII. 297 As Armies at the call Of Trumpet..Troop to thir Standard.
1795 BURKE Let. to W. Elliot Wks. 1842 II. 244 Multitudes, hardly thought to be in existence, would appear, and troop about him.
1799-1805 WORDSW. Prelude v. 260 She left us destitute, and, as we might, Trooping together.
2. a. trans. To gather or assemble (individuals) into a troop or company. Also refl. To associate or consort with a number of others, to go in company. Obs.
c1590 GREENE Fr. Bacon vii. 3 The king..trooped with all the western kings That lie alongst the Dantzic seas by east.
Ibid. xii. 16, I came not, troop'd with all this warlike train.
1590 
Orl. Fur. Wks. (Rtldg.) 91/2, I vow..To troop myself with such a crew of men As [etc.].
1620 [
G. BRYDGES]
Horæ Subs. 410 Amongst some of them hee should troope himselfe.
b. intr. To associate with.
1592 SHAKES. Rom. & Jul. I. v. 50 So shewes a Snowy Doue trooping with Crowes, As yonder Lady ore her fellowes showes.
1605 Lear I. i. 134 All the large effects That troope with Maiesty.
1864 LOWELL Fireside Trav. 195 The descendants of Sabine pigeons..trooping with noisy rooks and daws.
1880 KINGLAKE Crimea VI. ix. 299 He would troop with the accusing throng.
3. intr. To walk, go, pass; colloq (with off, away, etc.) to go away, ‘be off’, ‘pack’. Cf. MARCH v.2 2.
1590 SHAKES. Mids. N. III. ii. 382 And yonder shines Auroras harbinger; At whose approach Ghosts wandring here and there, Troope home to Church-yards.
1700 T. BROWN Amusem. Ser. & Com. 32, I thought 'twas Time to troop off to an Eating-House.
1708 S. CENTLIVRE Busie Body IV. ii, Get out of my house,
go troop.
1782 E. N. BLOWER Geo. Bateman I. 147 Pack up your cloaths, Miss Pert, for..you shall troop from hence to-morrow.
1860 G. MEREDITH Evan Harrington xlv, The place is ours till we troop.
4. intr. To march in rank; to walk or pass in order. Also fig. Now somewhat colloq.
1592 W. WYRLEY Armorie 148 Now close to troupe, then goodly to deraine.
1598 BARRET Theor. Warres III. ii. 70 Sundry small troupes, trouping round about the battell.
1635 W. BARRIFFE Mil. Discip. lxxiii. (1643) 199 Those files which formerly gave fire in the meane time trooping backe.
1682 H. A
LDRICH Upon Christ Church Bells Oxf., Y
e verger troops before y
e Deane.
1698 FRYER Acc. E. India & P. 130 My Indians..trouped by three or four wretched Towns.
1820 W. IRVING Sketch Bk. I. 63 (
R. van Winkle) He was generally seen trooping like a colt, at his mother's heels.
1883 S. C. HALL Retrospect II. 40 The days..trooped forward as peacefully as..the soft white clouds.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 22 June 453/2 As the spring months troop by, they bring a succession of fruits.
b. trans. To cause to march in a troop.
1872 T. COOPER Life 238 At six we were trooped off.
5. intr. To come or go in great numbers; to pass in flocks or troops; to flock (in, out, etc.).
1610 BOLTON Elem. Armories 51 The rest of proofes which troup-vp close to their quarter,..who can but embrace?
1629 MILTON Hymn Nativ. xxvi, The flocking shadows pale Troop to th' infernall jail.
1784 COWPER Task v. 61 Now from the roost..Come trooping at the house-wife's well-known call The feather'd tribes domestic.
1862 MRS. H. WOOD Mrs. Hallib. I. xiv, All the children trooped in at once.
1910 A. M. FAIRBAIRN Stud. Relig. & Theol. II.
VIII. iii. 519 The address delivered, the Jews trooped out of the synagogue.
6. trans. (Mil.) to troop the colour (or colours): to perform that portion of the ceremonial known as Mounting of the Guard in which the colour is received. Also absol.
The first Standing Order on the subject (but not containing the word) is dated May 1755; but the appellation may date back to Marlborough's time, as it is known that there were Campaign orders on the subject of Mounting of the Guard which do not appear to have been preserved See ‘General Regulations, Orders, and Warrants, 1717-1766’, MS. in the Ministry of Defence Library, in which the ceremonial is fully described.
1803 Instruct. Infantry (ed. 3) 11 To Troop or send for the Colours.
1816 Chron. in
Ann. Reg. 8/1 After the trooping of the colours had taken place the detachment..received the Eagles.
1861 G. F. BERKELEY Sportsm. W. Prairies xiv. 233 In mounting guard they ‘troop’ as much as we do.
1893 Times 5 June 6/1 The ceremony called trooping the colour which dates back to the times of Marlborough.
1894 Ibid. 1 June 10/1 First the colour was trooped, and then followed a march past in column.
7. To transport (troops).
1882, 1894 [see TROOPING vbl. n. b.].
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