tampion means 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.
tampion is pronounced /ˈtæmpiən/.
Etymology
From Middle English tampioun, variant of tampon, from Old French tampon, a nasalised form of tapon, from Frankish *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô. More at tampon.
noun
- 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.
- A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.
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Words closest in meaning
By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.
- tamkin 75% match — A tampion. vs tampion →
- tamper 62% match — A person or thing that tamps.; A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe. vs tampion →
- capsquare 59% match — A metal plate that covers the trunnions of a cannon and holds it in place. vs tampion →
- bung 57% match — A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc. vs tampion →
- trampot 56% match — The support in which an upright spindle is stopped. vs tampion →
- tappoon 54% match — A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field. vs tampion →
- tappen 54% match — A plug that forms in the anus of a bear or other mammal during hibernation. vs tampion →
- dottle 54% match — A plug or tap of a vessel. vs tampion →