a store or supply ( especially of food or clothing or arms)

The necessary supplies provided; in the army or navy, a supply of provisions, clothing, & c., or of arms, ammunition, & c.

To supply or furnish with stores; to lay up; to hoard.

Each person goes into the stores and gets what he needs for the simple asking. – The Red Conspiracy by Joseph J. Mereto

Here he found great stores of corn and money, and took three thousand of Hannibal's soldiers who were there as garrison. – Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Aubrey Stewart & George Long

Of course you know how rushed all the stores are just now. – The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. Reeve

Half the time when we go in stores together they take us for sisters, and then she- she begins to talk like that to get out of going! – Gaslight Sonatas by Fannie Hurst

They were greatly interested in looking out of the windows, and watching the train rush past at the level of the upper stories of the houses and stores along the streets. – The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City by Laura Lee Hope

" Oh, we know lots about stores said Bunny. – Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store by Laura Lee Hope

You have your rifles, and you had better take revolvers, which you can have with ammunition from the military stores – A Dash from Diamond City by George Manville Fenn

4983. What is the price of tea at the two stores – Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie

Maroney left the hotel, followed by Rivers, walked around, visited different stores and finally stopped at the corner of Vine and Third streets. – The Expressman and the Detective by Allan Pinkerton

Was there nothing left of our stores – By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb

In this were stores supplies and food sufficient for several days. – Tom Swift and his Air Glider or, Seeking the Platinum Treasure by Victor Appleton

The wife, by working for the clothing stores had earned and saved about three hundred dollars. – Ten Nights in a Bar Room by T. S. Arthur

I visited the military stores which have been detained there so long, opened some boxes of each kind, and found the state of their contents much better than had been represented. – Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson

" 'It is not a retreat, ' he urged, 'but a true military movement to escape from being cut off; to prevent stores and sick from falling into the hands of the enemy. – Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War by G. F. R. Henderson

This is a hard case, Stores – Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter by F. Colburn Adams

On the evening of the fourth of July, baggage, stores and ammunition were all on board the boats, and the whole army embarked on the morning of the fifth. – Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour by Francis Parkman

" I'm going to keep it secret till the stores send him the bills," said Helen to herself. – The Road to Understanding by Eleanor H. Porter

Bk Stores despatched to, 202. Fort St. Louis. – The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

Stores opened early in the morning and kept open until late in the evening, and did this six days of the week. – The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford

They should have stores for four days. – The Victory At Sea by William Sowden Sims Burton J. Hendrick