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.
2. Mus.
A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
© Webster 1913.