Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stoppage \Stop"page\, 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 blood; the stoppage of commerce.

Source : WordNet®

stoppage
     n 1: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
          negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check";
          "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay
          enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire
          stop in his seat" [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {hitch},
           {stay}, {stop}]
     2: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
        to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: {blockage},
         {block}, {closure}, {occlusion}, {stop}]
     3: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some
        remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a
        flood" [syn: {stop}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

stoppage
     
        /sto'p*j/ Extreme {lossage} that renders something (usually
        something vital) completely unusable.  "The recent system
        stoppage was caused by a {fried} transformer."
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1995-01-24)