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† eˈstap Obs. rare.
[ad. OFr. estape, estappe (mod.F. étape), estaple market (see staple 2), night-quarters for troops on the march, where rations were supplied.]
A day's rations for troops; in quot. attrib. Also by estap: by fixed stages of march.
1755Mem. Capt. P. Drake I. xvii. 196 Our Estap Allowance was to each Man, three Pounds of Bread, etc. Ibid. II. ii. 12 We..continued our March by Estap to Abbeville. |