† ˈstopine Obs. rare.
[? ad. It. stoppino (used in the sense of ‘wick’), f. stoppa tow. (The It. original has stoppata.)]
= stupe.
| 1582 J. Hester Secr. Fioravanti ii. vii. 88 Laie on [the impostume] a stopine wet with..white of an Egge. Ibid. iii. lxxxiv. 111 The sinewes of an Oxe beyng dried and made linte to make tentes or stopines, is most excellent. |