Definitions for estops

estops es·top

Spelling: [e-stop]
IPA: /ɛˈstɒp/

Estops is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in estops (eopsst).

Definitions for estops

verb (used with object)

  1. Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
  2. Archaic. to stop.

Origin of estops

1250-1300; Middle English Anglo-French estopper, Old French estoper to stop up, derivative of estoupe Latin stuppa tow. Cf. stuff

Examples for estops

Such was alien to his kindly nature; and if it had not been, there were other causes to estop him from any such indulgence.

All these inhibitory influences which generally produce negation do not estop Mr. Hughes.

This alone, it would seem, ought to estop him from a new trial.

But—but how can a stroke of the pen, a mere gesture, estop a whole class of American citizens forever?

By publishing his new libel, you estop yourself from denying me this freedom.

Word Value for estops
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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