tampion

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 193 words | Copyright

tampion †bung XV; †wad for a gun; stopper for the muzzle of a gun XVII; plug for the top of an organ-pipe XIX. — F. tampon (whence tampon XIX), var. of tapon, of Gmc. orig.

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