tompion
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"You saw me put that tompion in the muzzle of the gun there, didn't you?"
From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee
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
Containing gunner's level, gimlet, vent-punch and chalk, attached to tompion.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
"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 Patchin, Frank Gee
Tom and I had crept into the largest gun that day, having found the tompion out.
From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon
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