Middle English Dictionary Entry
stoppāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stoppāǧe n. Also stopage. |
| Etymology | From stoppen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A deduction from payment; (b) an impediment, a hindrance.
Associated quotations
a
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.137 : I wold lesse Fastolffes lyuelode for the college, but I wold pay hym his dewte without any stoppage.
b
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)186/247 : To blynde þe devyl of his knowlache and my byrth from hym to hyde, þat holy wedlok was grett stopage.