英:['tæmpɪən]
美:['tæmpɪrn]
英:['tæmpɪən]
美:['tæmpɪrn]
noun
a wooden plug or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun
15世纪初,“塞子,塞子”,来自法语 tapon 的鼻化变体“用于堵住洞的布片”(14世纪),是法兰克的一个后缀形式 *tappo “塞子,塞子”,与古高地德语 zapfo 和古英语 tæppa “塞子”有关(见 tap(n.1))。记录下“枪口的木塞”(用于防雨或海水)的含义始于1620年代。
obsolete tampion, tampin plug — more at tamp
The first known use of tampion was circa 1625
1 They ride with springs on their cables, tampions out, as if prepared to open fire and level the town with broadsides.
2 The wad, blackened with gunpowder residue, may have served as a gasket for the wooden tampion, a plug that protected the cannon muzzle from the elements.
3 The heavy shot were arranged in shot racks, known as "gardens," and these were ready to the gunner's hand, with "cheeses" of tampions or wads.
4 But the sloop yawed quickly, her portholes opened, bronze muzzles appeared, tampions fell away, and a tremendous voice shouted: "Fire!"
5 A tampion, or wad, of oakum or the like, was rammed down between the cartridge and the ball, and a second wad kept the ball in place.