STOPPLE

plug, stopper, stopple

(noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

stopper, stopple

(verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; “She stoppered the wine bottle”; “The mothers stoppered their babies’ mouths with pacifiers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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.

Anagrams

• loppets, peltops, topples

Source: Wiktionary

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Stop"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. G. stöpfel, stöpsel. See Stop, n. & v. t.]

Definition: That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

Stop"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppling.]

Definition: To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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