tompion
Americannoun
noun
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"You are sure you put the tompion in the gun?"
From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Frank Gee Patchin
When the guns are to be secured without being housed the Loader and Sponger place the chocking-quoins square up against the rear part of the front trucks and put in the tompion.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
One tompion with lanyard and wad In the muzzle of the gun.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
"And, another thing, before you talk of giving a month's pay remember that you have nearly a month's pay charged against you for the loss of the tompion."
From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Frank Gee Patchin
You will not think so if you damage the tompion.
From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Frank Gee Patchin
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