tompion

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tom=pi=on

CIDE DICTIONARY

tompion, n. [See Tampios].

•  A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.  [1913 Webster]
•  A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.  Knight.  [1913 Webster]
•  The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tompion, var. of TAMPION.

ROGET THESAURUS

tompion

Stopper

N stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.