[ noun ] plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture <noun.artifact>
Tompion \Tom"pi*on\, n. [See {Tampios}] 1. A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See {Tampion}.
2. (Mus.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone. --Knight.
3. The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See {Tap} a pipe or plug, and cf. {Tamp}, {Tampop}, {Tompion}.] [Written also {tampeon}, and {tompion}.] 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.