Tompion

2 definitions found

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

  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.


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     2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tompion \Tom"pi*on\, n. [See {Tampios}]
     1. A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See {Tampion}.
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     2. (Mus.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the
        tone. --Knight.
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     3. The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
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