Scouting

The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) marked the definite adoption of the "frigate" as a standard class of vessel, coming next to ships of the line, and used for cruising and scouting purposes.

Leonid spent the next day scouting and tracking.

I spend a lot of time in the daylight hours scouting for possible locations to photograph at night.

Careful scoutings by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets were made in 1935, to determine the limits of invasion[…]