The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, stoppage]
    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, stoppage]
    3: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some
       remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a
       flood" [syn: stop, stoppage]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

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)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

stoppage
 /sto'p@j/, n.

    Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital)
    completely unusable. “The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried
    transformer.”