tampion
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle French tampon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittampion (plural tampions)
- A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover, for the muzzle of a gun, 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.
- Obsolete form of tampon (“plug of absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid”).
Translations
editcover for the muzzle of a firearm
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See also
editReferences
edit- “tampion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tampion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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edittampion