estop

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estop

/ɪˈstɒp/

Rhymes with -ɒp

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Inherited from Middle English estoppen (“to prevent (conception)”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin stuppō.

verb estops · estopping · estopped

To impede or bar by estoppel. […] 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.
To stop up; to plug.
Similar: stanch, stopple

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@misc{estop_2026,
  title = {estop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/estop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}