stade

[ steyd ]

nounGeology.

Origin of stade

1530–40; <Middle French (earlier estade) <Latin stadium;see stadium

It is plain, therefore, that ten stades will admit of only sixteen thousand men, and twenty twice that number.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | Polybius
The length of the coast from Iapygia to the straits is three thousand stades by land, and it is washed by the Sicilian sea.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | Polybius
The distance from Malea to the Pillars is twenty-two thousand five hundred stades.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | Polybius
They therefore advanced to a position about ten stades from them and employed the first day in pitching a camp there.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2) | Polybius
The pass itself was about twelve hundred stades, which being crossed would bring him into the plains of the Padus in Italy.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2) | Polybius

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