0 past simple and past participle of reconnoitre
1 (of soldiers or military aircraft) to get information about an area or the size and position of enemy forces
They had meticulously studied and reconnoitred the location and dispositions of each of the divisions and their main headquarters.
A transporter on the route, which had been previously reconnoitred, had difficulty in negotiating two very sharp bends and blocked the road.
The troops must be trained to deploy at short notice into their previously reconnoitred positions and according to strategy agreed by their allies.
In addition, the areas in which they were to operate were thoroughly reconnoitred.
In another case the ship was reconnoitred with a searchlight on the night before, and at dawn an aeroplane came down and sank her.
The company commander had reconnoitred and chosen the shallowest place for crossing.
Once you get tanks away from a reconnoitred ground they get into trouble at once.
Newry was reconnoitred, but was found to be less suitable, from a military point of view, for the location of troops than other places.
