Tappoon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tappoon \Tap*poon"\, n. [Sp. tamp['o]n a stopper.] (Irrigation)
     A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up
     the water so as to overflow a field. [U. S.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]