'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.