- tampeon
- 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}.]
1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece
of ordnance, when not in use.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.