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

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

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

I was humiliated, especially as I remembered that the boys had a five hours' march as their first étape, and a bivouac at the end of it.

From On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes by Aldrich, Mildred

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)

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

She had heard all about it, too; she knew every étape of the 48th of the Line—from the camp at Sathonay to Sidi-Bel-Abbès, and from Daya to Djebel-Mikaidon.

From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)