tampion

English

Alternative forms

• tampeon
• tompion

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæmpiən/

Noun

tampion (plural tampions)

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. (music) 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”).

Translations

cover for the muzzle of a firearm

• Hebrew: מְגוּפַת תּוֹתָח (he) f (megufát totákh), מִכְסֶה לֹעַ m (mikhsé lóa')
• Ottoman Turkish: مانطار (mantar)

plug for organ pipe

• Finnish: hattu (fi)

See also

• silencer

References

• “tampion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tampion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• timpano, maintop, main pot, ptomain

Finnish

Noun

tampion

1. genitive singular of tampio

Anagrams

• tamponi