The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stop-gap
Stop-gap \Stop"-gap`\, n. That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue.
--Hare.
Wiktionary
stop-gap
a. temporary; short-term. alt. temporary; short-term. n. A temporary measure or short-term fix used until something better can be obtained.