||É`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.

||É`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.