Etape
Pronunciation : ?`tape"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
[F. Cf. Staple a mart.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913