étape

American  

[ey-tap, ey-tap] / eɪˈtæp, eɪˈtap /

noun

Military.

étapes plural

1. a place where troops camp after a day's march.

2. a day's march.

3. Archaic. supplies issued to troops during a march.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• étapes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of étape

< French; Middle French estaple < Middle Dutch stapel warehouse; see staple ²

Example Sentences

The first gun off the Florida Keys sent Selwyn's only brother from his law office in hot haste to San Antonio—the first étape on his first and last campaign with Wood's cavalry.

From The Younger Set by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

You see, it will probably come off at the third étape from here, when the party of prisoners is being taken to Siberia.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

But they declare—the superintendent of that étape told Ivan himself—that if it's well managed there will be no great inquiry, and that they can get off easily.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Ivan Fyodorovitch has already visited the superintendent of the third étape.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

It was snowing hard now––a perfect geography scene, lacking only the 13 wolves; but the étape was only half finished.

From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)