(intransitive, skating, skiing) To perform a hockey stop.

plural of tab stop

(intransitive) In roller skating, to perform a plow stop.

On a typewriter, one of the horizontal locations where the carriage movement is halted by mechanical gears.

Britain spelling of plow stop

(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.

(hunting) the act of blocking a fox's earth (burrow) while it is absent, so it is forced to stay above ground.

Britain spelling of plow stop

plural of stopping-out

An etching technique used to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.