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TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. See also: company or assemblage of persons, the See also: term being usually applied in the plural to a See also: body of soldiers of varying strength and of different arms
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Specifically, a `.` troop " is one of the smaller See also: units into which a regiment of See also: horse-soldiers is divided, forming a subdivision of a See also: squadron
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Roughly speaking, it consists of sixteen files, and does not exceed from 30 to 40 sabres; in some armies, however, a maximum limit of 6o sabres are found (see CAVALRY)
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For the military ceremony known as " trooping of the See also: colours," see COLOURS, MILITARY
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