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.
A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.
(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of tampon (“plug of absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid”).
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈtæmpiən/
Etimologia (Anglès)
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.