(a) A pail or bucket; a milking pail; also, a jug [quot. 1397-8; cp. stoupe n.(1) (a)]; stop hop, a hoop fastened around a bucket; stoppes plates, ?metal buckets; milk stop, a milk pail; (b) a vessel……
(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.……
