stopping

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stop

plural stoppings

1. The act of something that stops; a halt.

   constant startings and stoppings

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   the narrowings, widenings, divertings, or stoppings of the stream of breath

   1854, William Barnes, A Philological Grammar, page 9

   Synonyms: hiatus

2. dateddentistryMaterial for filling a cavity in a tooth.

   an amalgam stopping

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   curious antiquaries, sifting the ruins of time, when London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth

   1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., page 23

   Then one day a big stopping came out of one of my back teeth.

   1958, Henno Martin, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheltering Desert, New York: Thomas Nelson, page 125

   Synonyms: filling

3. businessA partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
4. A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

   1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The drawing poultices and stoppings of farriers are often highly injurious, instead of abating inflammation .