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depot Also spelled depôt Fur Trade, Hist.

• 1 n. a trading post which also served as a warehouse for supplies for other posts.

• 2 n. Obs. a storing place where supplies, furs, equipment and other goods may be deposited for protection from foraging animals and the weather.

  See also: cache ((n.)) (def. 2)  

• 3 n. Lumbering, Hist. a farm, operated by a lumber company or privately owned, supplying fresh meat and vegetables, oats, etc. to lumber camps and often serving as a repository for supplies.

  See also: depot farm  forest depot