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English
Etymology
From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, partly from Old French estopail, estopaille, and partly equivalent to stop + -le.
Pronunciation
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Shut your mouth, dame, / Or with this paper shall I stopple it.
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