étape

American  

[ey-tap, ey-tap] / eɪˈtæp, eɪˈtap /

noun

Military.

plural

étapes

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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Etymology

Origin of étape

< French; Middle French estaple < Middle Dutch stapel warehouse; staple ²

Example Sentences

Le parcours de la deuxième étape du #TDF2019 donne l'occasion de découvrir en détail la capitale belge : https://t.co/FFluq8vtqM.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2019

"This is an étape piège stage - a trap stage," writes William Fotheringham in our interactive guide to this year's Tour de France.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2012

You see, it will probably come off at the third étape from here, when the party of prisoners is being taken to Siberia.

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

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)