noun Date: 1707 a dulling or deadening influence , a device that damps: as, a valve or plate (as in the flue of a furnace) for regulating the draft, a small felted block to stop the vibration of a piano string, shock absorber , a simple usually unleavened bread of a kind made originally in the Australian bush
DAMPER
Meaning of DAMPER in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012