étape

[ey-tap, ey-tap]

noun

Military.

plural

étapes 

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of étape¹

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

Example Sentences

A cyclist taking part in Sunday's Loch Ness Etape has died after a crash with a car.

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The etape is Scotland's largest closed-road long distance organised cycling event in terms of participants.

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Thousands of cyclists join the Loch Ness Etape.

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A 63-year-old man has completed the Etape Loch Ness with an oxygen tank on his back after spending 70 days in hospital with Covid-19.

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Etape Loch Ness is Scotland's largest closed road cycle sportive, taking cyclists on a route around the Loch, finishing in Inverness.

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