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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

De-pōt', n.

noun

(de-pō', or dē'po) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. dépôt. See DEPOSIT, n.]

  1. A place of deposit; any place of deposit for the storing or safe keeping of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.
  2. (Mil.) (a.) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled. (b.) (Eng. & France.) The head-quarters 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.
  3. A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.

Syn.—See STATION.