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A block of wood inserted into the barrel of a gun on a 19th-century warship to keep out the sea spray. Also used for covers on the ends of the barrels of more modern ships' guns, the larger of which are often adorned with the ship's crest or other decoration. The term is often bastardized as "tampon".
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The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
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A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.
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A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.
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