The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stopover \Stop"o`ver\, Stop-over \Stop"-o`ver\, a. Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.
Stopover \Stop"o`ver\, Stop-over \Stop"-o`ver\, n.
the act or privilege of stopping over; stopping at a station or airport beyond the time of the departure of the train or airplane on which one came, with the purpose of continuing one's journey on a subsequent train or airplane; the temporary interruption of one's journey.
a brief visit.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption. 2 (alternative spelling of stopover English) n. 1 A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption. 2 (alternative spelling of stopover English)
Usage examples of "stop-over".
At Paris, there was a thirty-five minute stop-over to let people on rnd off and give the Israeli Airline ground staff time to count the wheels.
She was instructed to take the South African Airways flight to London that refuelled in Kinshasa on the Congo river and to disembark at this stop-over instead of continuing on to London.