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Webster 1913 Edition
Tampion
Tam′pi-on
,Noun.
[F.
tampon
, tapon
, tape
, of Dutch or German origin. See Tap
a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp
, Tampop
, Tompion
.] [Written also
tampeon
, and tompion
.] 1.
A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
2.
(Mus.)
A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tampion
TAM'PION
Definition 2024
tampion
tampion
English
Alternative forms
Noun
tampion (plural tampions)
- A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun, a cannon or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung.
- (music) A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.
Translations
cover for the muzzle of a firearm
See also
References
- tampion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- tampion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911