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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a stopper or heavy rope put on to relieve the regular stopper when at anchor in a heavy sea, or to bitt the cable or fleet the messenger.
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chained_bear commented on the word dog-stopper
"'See, they undo the deck-stoppers, or dog-stoppers as some superficial observers call them—they loosen the starboard cable, the cable on the right-hand side—they throw off the turn about the riding-bitts! What force and dexterity!'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 64
March 3, 2008