2. Noun. (plural of dépôt) ¹
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Definition of Depots
1. depot [n] - See also: depot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depots
Literary usage of Depots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1920)
"But they placed the depots in the required positions, and if the Weddell Sea
party had been able to make the crossing of the Antarctic continent, ..."
2. Report by Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture (1907)
"ABOLITION OF DIP depots. The Scab Disease Commission of 189'J-1894 reported that "
With very few ex- i-eptions, almost all witnesses examined approved of ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Although, according to the present intense depots conception of the duty of
impartiality, neutrals need not1 prohibit their subjects from supplying belli- ..."
4. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... roadbed or sidings; and to all depots, station-houses, buildings, erections
and structures appurtenant to such railroads and the operation of the same; ..."
5. A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made by Henry Parnell (1838)
"For want of this precaution, embankments frequently suffer very much. depots.
depots should be made on the sides, of all roads for holding materials. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Railways by David Rorer (1884)
"Mere coal, wood and water stations, and stopping places, are not depots.—Coal
stations, whereat cars are in the habit of stopping to receive coal, ..."
7. Child Problems by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"MILK depots IN OTHER CITIES. The Straus milk depots of New York originated in
1893, when the philanthropist Straus donated a considerable sum of money for ..."
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