platoon, verb transitive

Origin:
From platoon noun.
To apply the platoon system to a school. Hence platooning verbal noun.
1974 G.K. Nair in Fiat Lux Oct.It seldom happens that a school is fully platooned.
1987 W.A. Staude in M.C.I. Newsletter 10 JuneIt has been found necessary to platoon 14 schools (that is to say, to allow the staff and pupils of a destroyed school to use the buildings and facilities of an existing school in the afternoons). ‘Platooning’ is not an ideal solution because it brings administrative and other problems in its train.
1995 S. Benghu on Radio South Africa 11 Jan. (Newswrap)We shall be platooning, and that way having double sessions.
To apply the platoon system to a school. Hence platooning verbal noun.
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