stopple

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

stopple, n. [Cf. G. stöpfel, stöpsel. See Stop, n. & v. t.].

 That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.  [1913 Webster]

stopple, v. t. 

 To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple.  Cowper.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stopple, n. & v.
--n. a stopper or plug.
--v.tr. close with a stopple.

Etymology

ME: partly f. STOP + -LE(1), partly f. ESTOPPEL

THESAURUS

stopple

bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, bung, caulk, check valve, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, cock, congest, constipate, cork, cover, dam, dam up, faucet, fill, fill up, foul, jam, lid, obstipate, obstruct, pack, peg, pin, plug, plug up, sea cock, spigot, spike, spile, spill, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopgap, stopper, stuff, stuff up, tap, valve

ROGET THESAURUS

stopple

Stopper

N stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.