To go the rounds in a camp or garrison; march about in order to check disorder or irregularities, as a guard.To go the rounds in a city, as a body of police.To perambulate or traverse in all directions, as a patrol in a camp, garrison, town, harbor, etc., for the purpose of watching, guarding, or protecting; go over or through in all directions as a patrolman.n. A walking or marching round, as in a camp, garrison, town, or other place, in order to watch and protect it.n. The guard or persons who thus go the rounds; specifically, a police constable whose duty it is to perambulate a “beat” or district for a certain number of hours, for the protection of life and property, and the preservation of the peace; also, such constables collectively.