English Explanatory Dictionary

tappoon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field.

Word forms

tappoon tappoons

Etymology

From Spanish tampón (“plug, stopper”).

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