[ɛˈstɒp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bar or preclude by estoppel
(e.g: the company may be estopped from denying either statement)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘stop up, dam, plug’): from Old French estopper ‘stop up, impede’, from late Latin stuppare, from Latin stuppa ‘tow, oakum’. Compare with stop and stuff