estop
See also: e-stop
English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin verb, from Classical Latin noun stuppa (“oakum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈstɒp/
Verb
estop (third-person singular simple present estops, present participle estopping, simple past and past participle estopped)
- To impede or bar by estoppel.
- 1957, William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, November 23, 1957:
- ...we twitted them, while we were together in the sun of the Continent, about English heating habits. Having done that, we are now estopped from bringing the matter up.
- 1957, William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, November 23, 1957:
- To stop up, to plug
Anagrams
- ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, pesto, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, stope, topes