{ De*ploy" (?), De*ploy"ment (?), }
n.(Mil.)The act of deploying; a
spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.Wilhelm.
Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to
turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.
H.
L. Scott.
De*ploy" (?), v. t. & i. [imp.
& p. p.Deployed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n.Deploying.] [F. déployer; pref.
dé? = dés (L. dis) +
ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare.
See Ply, and cf. Display.] (Mil.)To open
out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that
they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of
ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of
battle.