Étape
Étape , noun
[F. Compare Staple a mart.]
1.
A public storehouse.
2.
(Military) Supplies issued to troops on the march;
(Military) 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.
Also: etape