1. (historical) a covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron 
2. A girdle

Derived forms: cestuses

Encyclopedia: Cestus

• stop number
• stop order
• stop payment
• stop press
• stop up
• stop-loss order
• stopcock
• stope
• Stopes
• stopgap
• stoplight
• stopover
• stoppable
• stoppage
• stoppage time
• Stoppard
• stopped
• stopped-up
• stopper
• stopper knot
• stoppered
• stopping
• stopping point
• stopple
• stops