Available Definitions:
1) n. - Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
2) n. - A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
3) n. - A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.