Tali long

A sort of headman's sword or axe, from 4 to 5 feet long, generally used by the Filipinos in the advance line of attack. Talon — In French artillery, the trail of a gun carriage; holding down clip. Also the heel of a lance. … Tains. — The old word in fortification for a slope; the slope of a wall having a battering face: a sloping heap of fragments at the base of an escarpment, Tambomr. — In fortification, a small work, usually a timber stockade, about 6 feet high, and loop-holed. Its object is to defend a gateway, the road into a village, or to afford flanking fire, on a bridge, etc. Tambonrgi a tabour. — A Turkish rummer, accustomed to performing on Tamp. — To cover a charge over with earth or other material so aa to, confine the gases at the commencement of an explosion, and thus develop their forces more fully. Tamplmg iron. — An iron rod for beating down the earth substance in tamping for blasting.