Associations to the word «Tampion»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

TAMPION, noun. A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun, a cannon or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung.
TAMPION, noun. (music) A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.

Dictionary definition

TAMPION, noun. Plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope