'Etape \['E]`tape"\, n. [F. Cf. {Staple} a mart.]
1. A public storehouse.
2. Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence (Mil.), the
place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by
extension, the distance marched during a day.
3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of
prisoners in transit.