verb/e.tu.pe/
to caulk (block using oakum or by extension another similar material)
Recorded in Old French as estoper, estuper. From Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, from Latin stuppa. Equivalent to étoupe + -er. Compare Occitan estopar, Italian stoppare, Old Spanish estopar; cf. also Romanian astupa, Romansh stuppar, Venetan stupar, Sicilian stuppari.