D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Stoppage

/stäp'-ĭj/ · Stop·page · IPA /stˈɑpɪdʒ/
01 n. The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the…
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    The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.