tampion

About 0.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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. noun A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.
3. noun Obsolete form of tampon (“plug of absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid”).

Similar words

tompion tampoon stopper stopple plug bung tamper spile bong butt plug

Often followed by

marginal

Word family

tampions tompion tompions