etape

É`tape", n. [F. Cf. Staple a mart.] 1. Defn: A public storehouse. 2. Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence (Mil.), Defn: the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day. 3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.

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