stoppling

Variant of stopple

stopple definition

stop·ple (stäp′əl)

noun

a stopper, or plug

Etymology: ME stoppel, dim. < stoppen, to stop

transitive verb stoppled -·pled, stoppling -·pling

to close with a stopple

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