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tampion.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtæmpiən/
  1. 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.

  2. A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.

  3. Obsolete form of tampon (“plug of absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid”).

    alt-of · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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