Meaning of TAMPION
| Pronunciation: | | 'tampeeun
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture |
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| | See Also: | | plug, stopper, stopple | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tam"pi*on\, n. [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.
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