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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A public store-house for goods; a staple-town.
2. n. An allowance of provisions and forage for soldiers during the time of their march through a country to or from winter quarters.
3. n. In Russia, a prison-like building with a stockaded yard, used to confine and shelter at night parties of exiles proceeding under guard from one place to another.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A public storehouse.
2. n. (Mil.) Supplies issued to troops on the march the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.
3. n. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.