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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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... stones-before all these splendors the child, who had read the Arabian Nights, believed that he had entered Aladdin's cave, or Aboul-Cassem's pit. From this glittering array one passed, without transition, into the sombre depot of ecclesiastical vestments. Here all was black. One saw only piles of cassocks and pyramids of black hats. Two manikins, one clothed in a cardinal's purple robe, the other in episcopalian violet, threw a little ...

— A Romance of Youth, Complete • Francois Coppee

... of the war. A glance at the map shows its position, at the southern extremity of the Liaotung Peninsula, commanding, with the formidable forts of Wei-hai-wei on the opposite tongue of land, near Chefoo, the entrance to the Gulf of Pechili. Although now the principal arsenal and naval depot of the Chinese Empire, it is of quite recent creation, only having come into note since 1881, in which year it was decided to establish a naval dockyard. Up to then it had only been used as a harbour for junks employed in the timber trade and carrying cargoes from the Yalu to ports ...

— Under the Dragon Flag - My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War • James Allan

... of these men—impressions based on a personal intercourse of several hours while they were being marched to the recruiting depot—was unfavourable. And this I immediately made known in writing to the regimental command, with a brief note on this point on the 6/8 to the 11th Corps command. Unhappily my impressions were correct; there are scoundrels in these ranks. I have for the present instituted a most thorough and severe ...

— The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 • Henry Baerlein

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

— Travels in England in 1782 • Charles P. Moritz

... dropping down to the boarding-house scale through various unhomelike occupations to final dishonor and despair. Down nearer the water, and not far from the castle that was once a playhouse and is now the depot of emigration, stood certain express wagons, and about these lounged a few hard-looking men. Beyond laughed and danced the fresh blue water of the bay, ...

— Composition-Rhetoric • Stratton D. Brooks

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