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verb

étouper

/e.tu.pe/

See full conjugation →
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.