night stopn.
/ˈnʌɪt stɒp/, U.S. /ˈnaɪt ˌstɑp/ A place where one stops for the night, esp. during a journey; the action or an act of stopping at such a place.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey
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1787 J. Byng Diary 11 Aug. in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 316 A sad inn; and well that I had not made it my night stop!
1864 Continental Monthly Nov. 567/2 So he did his private's duty bravely..always with some device for making their dreary night-stops more endurable.
1895 New Eng. Mag. Dec. 454/1 I think..that they are more likely only making a night stop.
1932 Broadway Brevities 6 June 3 One of Harlem's two leading nite spots was ready to throw in the sponge last week.
1959 New Statesman 8 Aug. 151/1 When coming back from India took five days, with agreeable night-stops along the way, it was quite pleasant.
1991 Airforces Monthly Oct. 22/3 The F.3s were tanked to Decimomannu while we enjoyed a night stop in Palermo before returning to the UK the next day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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