Complete Definition of "tampion"

English

Alternative spellings
tompion

Noun
en-noun

  1. 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.
  2. music A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.

See also
silencer

References
R:Webster 1913
R:Century 1911

ru:tampion
vi:tampion

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