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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Troop \Troop\, v. t. To troop the colors or To troop the colours (Mil.), in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and usually in a hollow square, as in London on the sovereign's birthday. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]