ÉTAPE

‖É′tape″ (?), n. [[F. Cf. Staple a mart.]] 1. 1. A public storehouse.
2. 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. 3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.