étape
Americannoun
PLURAL
étapes-
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
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a day's march.
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Archaic. supplies issued to troops during a march.
Etymology
Origin of étape
< French; Middle French estaple < Middle Dutch stapel warehouse; staple 2
Example Sentences
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A cyclist taking part in Sunday's Loch Ness Etape has died after a crash with a car.
From BBC
The etape is Scotland's largest closed-road long distance organised cycling event in terms of participants.
From BBC
Thousands of cyclists join the Loch Ness Etape.
From BBC
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.
From BBC
Etape Loch Ness is Scotland's largest closed road cycle sportive, taking cyclists on a route around the Loch, finishing in Inverness.
From BBC
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