étape
noun
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
étapes
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pluralof étape.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Patapouf, by a series of étapes and délours, approached, and was secured.
From The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland
They go on foot, sleep in étapes or barracks, and the daily allowance for their subsistence amounts only to five kopecks—equal to a halfpenny in English money.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
