Definition of Tompions

1. Noun. (plural of tompion) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tompions

1. tompion [n] - See also: tompion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tompions

tomography
tomolevel
tomomania
tomopteris
tomorn
tomorrow
tomorrow is another day
tomorrow night
tomorrow nights
tomorrows
tomos
tomosynthesis
tomosynthetic
tomoz
tompion
tompions (current term)
tompon
tomponed
tomponing
tompons
tomrig
tomrigs
toms
tomset
tomsets
tomtate
tomtit
tomtoms
ton

Literary usage of Tompions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"Clogs, a sort of pattens used by women to keep their shoes clean and dry. 2. (Gunn.) Gun-tompions, plugs to stop the mouths of guns and other pieces of ..."

2. Hobart Pasha: Blockade-running, Slaver-hunting, and War and Sport in Turkey by Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, Horace Kephart (1915)
"Again he gave the order, " Fire, starboard," repeating, " tompions are in, sir," and so on till half the broadside had been fired before the ..."

3. Hobart Pasha by Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, Horace Kephart (1915)
"Again he gave the order, " Fire,, starboard," repeating, "tompions are in, sir," and so on till half the broadside had been fired before the ..."

4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1884)
"7 tompions, 15-inch gun. 18 trestles for pointing mortars. 51 tube pouches. 4 water tubs. 49 vent covers, fleld gnus. 1 vent cover, 8-inch rifle. ..."

5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore (1866)
"... three hundred and sixty sabre knots ; one hundred and twenty-six vent- covers ; three ten-inch tompions, twenty twenty- four pounders ; five eight-inch ..."

6. Little Jarvis by Molly Elliot Seawell (1890)
"All hands were called to quarters, as we pursued in chase, With well-primed guns and tompions out, well splic-ed the main brace." There was one specially ..."

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