Definition of Petrd
Petard, a cone-shaped explosive machine for bursting open gates,
barriers, &c., made of iron and filled with powder and ball.
- Wikipedia
Pe*tard" (?), n. [F.
pétard, fr. péter to break wind, to crack,
to explode, L. pedere, peditum.] (Mil.) A
case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical
case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be
exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc.
It has been superseded.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A hat shaped explosive device, now rarely used.
- Anything potentially explosive in a non-literal sense
For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar - Hamlet, Shakespeare
- A loud firecracker
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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