Obs. rare. [ad. OFr. estape, estappe (mod.F. étape), estaple market (see STAPLE2), 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.
1755. Mem. 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.
