depot Also spelled depôt Fur Trade, Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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