The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tampion \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.]
A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
(Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of tampion English)
Wikipedia
Tompion (1957–?) was an American Thoroughbred race horse.
Usage examples of "tompion".
She could hear the soft whir of the reiling fan overhead, the chime of the Tompion grandfather clock down in the foyer, the rustle of leaves in the trees outside her window.
Whenever guns are to be struck below, or prepared for transportation, the gunner will see that the bores are washed with fresh water, carefully sponged, thoroughly dried, and coated with melted tallow, and a wad dipped in the same material inserted, and connected with a tompion by a lanyard.
Whenever guns are to be struck below, or prepared for transportation, the gunner will see that the bores are washed with fresh water, carefully sponged, thoroughly dried, and coated with melted tallow, and a wad dipped in the same material inserted, and connected with a tompion by a lanyard.
State arsenal, sleeping with their tompions in their mouths, like so many sucking lambs?
To hear and see the fight the whole night through, and never to pull a lanyard or take the tompions out of my guns.
Each of the archaic pieces was covered with waxed tarpaulins against the frequent misty drizzles, and under them, thick, tarred tompions sealed the gaping muzzles, while waxed plugs stopped the touchholes atop the breeches.