Stopper

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

2. A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. Totten.

3. A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia. C. S. Sargent. Ring stopper (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead. -- Stopper bolt (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To close or secure with a stopper.