stopple

English

Etymology

From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, partly from Old French estopail, estopaille, and partly equivalent to stop +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɒpəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒpəl

Noun

stopple (plural stopples)

A plug; a stopper.

Verb

stopple (third-person singular simple present stopples, present participle stoppling, simple past and past participle stoppled)

(transitive) To plug; to stop up.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
  Shut your mouth, dame, / Or with this paper shall I stopple it.

Anagrams

loppets, peltops, topples

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