/ɪˈstɒp/
OriginUncertain. Traditionally derived from the rare Late Middle English estoppen (“to prevent conception”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin stuppō. However, the modern senses appear rather to align more with the much commoner Middle English istoppen (“to block, obstruct, stop up, clog”), from Middle English i- (perfective prefix) + stoppen (“to block, stop”). More at stop.
- To impede or bar by estoppel.
“[…] we twitted them, while we were together in the sun of the Continent, about English heating habits. Having done that, we are now estopped from bringing the matter up.”
“2020: "Nancy Pelosi Should Take All the Time She Needs to Submit Articles of Impeachment" by Philip Bobbitt, Slate.com
Finally, new evidence—emails surrounding the decision to withhold appropriated mi”
- To stop up; to plug.
Formsestops(present, singular, third-person) · estopping(participle, present) · estopped(participle, past) · estopped(past)