'Tappoon' definitions:

Definition of 'Tappoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Tappoon \Tap*poon"\, n. [Sp. tamp['o]n a stopper.] (Irrigation) A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field. [U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]