An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. [from 14th c.]
(chiefly military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]
The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
(Australia, New Zealand) A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc. [from 19th c.]
Showing.
(obsolete) Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [15th-19th c.]
(obsolete) An act of showing something; a display. [15th-17th c.]
A collection of peafowl (an invented term rather than one used by zoologists). [from 15th c.]