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What (who) is tampion - definition
COVER FOR THE MUZZLE OF A GUN
![HMS ''Victory'']]. The red tampion is secured with a cord](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HMS Victory cannon.jpg?width=200 "HMS ''Victory'']]. The red tampion is secured with a cord")
![HMAS ''Australia'']] in the early 1950s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HMAS Australia SLV H98.100 3193.jpeg?width=200 "HMAS ''Australia'']] in the early 1950s.")
![HMS ''Bacchante'']] in 1976](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/17 brass cannon July 76.jpg?width=200 "HMS ''Bacchante'']] in 1976")
![HMS ''Argyll'']] in 2014](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HMS Argyll Tampion MOD 45156532.jpg?width=200 "HMS ''Argyll'']] in 2014")
![USS ''Missouri'']] in 2002](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USS Missouri forward turrets.jpg?width=200 "USS ''Missouri'']] in 2002")
![French frigate ''Prairial'']] sealed by a tampion](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prairial 1.jpg?width=200 "French frigate ''Prairial'']] sealed by a tampion")
![French cruiser ''Jeanne d'Arc'']]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tape de bouche Jeanne.jpg?width=200 "French cruiser ''Jeanne d'Arc'']]")
![French submarine ''Rubis'']]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tape-rubis.jpg?width=200 "French submarine ''Rubis'']]")
![French submarine ''Émeraude'']]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tapeemeraude.jpg?width=200 "French submarine ''Émeraude'']]")
tampion
['tamp??n]
(also tompion)
¦ noun
1. a wooden stopper for the muzzle of a gun.
2. a plug for the top of an organ pipe.
Origin
ME: from Fr. tampon 'tampon'.
Tampion
·noun A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
II. Tampion ·noun A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
Tamp
TOOL
Turnkey Asset Management Program; TAMP
·vt To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
II. Tamp ·vt In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.
Wikipedia
Tampion
A tampion or tompion (in the Royal Navy) is a wooden plug, or a metal, canvas, rubber, or plastic cover, for the muzzle of a gun or mortar. Tampions can be found on both land-based artillery and naval guns. Naval tampions have developed into works of art.
Examples of use of tampion
1. Crewman Francis Butts wrote in an 1885 magazine article that – as he passed buckets through the turret to bail water from the Monitor – the cat sat on the breech of one of the guns howling one of those hoarse and solemn tunes which no one can appreciate who is not filled with the superstitions which I had been taught by the sailors, who are always afraid to kill a cat.‘‘ I would almost as soon have touched a ghost, but I caught her, and placing her in (a) gun, replaced the wad and tampion,‘‘ he said.
2. Crewman Francis Butts wrote in an 1885 magazine article that –– as he passed buckets through the turret to bail water from the Monitor –– the cat sat on the breech of one of the guns "howling one of those hoarse and solemn tunes which no one can appreciate who is not filled with the superstitions which I had been taught by the sailors, who are always afraid to kill a cat." "I would almost as soon have touched a ghost, but I caught her, and placing her in (a) gun, replaced the wad and tampion," he said.
3. Crewman Francis Butts wrote in an 1885 magazine article that _ as he passed buckets through the turret to bail water from the Monitor _ the cat sat on the breech of one of the guns "howling one of those hoarse and solemn tunes which no one can appreciate who is not filled with the superstitions which I had been taught by the sailors, who are always afraid to kill a cat." "I would almost as soon have touched a ghost, but I caught her, and placing her in (a) gun, replaced the wad and tampion," he said.