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noun

Depot n.

A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. "The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom."

(Mil.)

(a)

A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.

(b)

(Eng. & France) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for.

A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight. (U. S.)

Synonyms: See Station.

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"Depot" Quotes from Famous Books

... now people say that the scabs are to be given a regimental escort to the depot, and will go to work ...

— The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him • Paul Leicester Ford

... to another inn, where there was written on the sign: "The Navigation Inn," because it is the depot, or storehouse, of the colliers of ...

— Travels in England in 1782 • Charles P. Moritz

... amongst other anecdotes relating to Napoleon's sojourn at the camp at Boulogne, a remarkable instance of intrepidity on the part of two English sailors. These men had been prisoners at Verdun, which was the most considerable depot of English prisoners in France at the rupture of the peace of Amiens. They effected their escape from Verdun, and arrived at Boulogne without having been discovered on the road, notwithstanding the vigilance with which all the English were watched They remained at Boulogne for ...

— Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

... taken by surprise, had allowed the combatants to fall back upon Mr Smith's book-stall, and there Eames laid his foe prostrate among the newspapers, falling himself into the yellow shilling-novel depot by the over fury of his own energy; but as he fell, he contrived to lodge one blow with his fist in Crosbie's right eye,—one telling blow; and Crosbie had, to all ...

— The Small House at Allington • Anthony Trollope

... the instruction in musketry of the troops quartered there, were situated. Close to the range was a small Catholic chapel, standing practically by itself. An infantry regiment was quartered in Limerick at the time. It was an English regiment; its depot, from which the recruits fed it, was somewhere in the North of England, and the number of Catholic soldiers in its ranks was very small in proportion. One Sunday morning the priest attending the little chapel ...

— The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon • Jose Maria Gordon

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