See Also: petard(dictionary)
petard(dictionary)

petard (iou)



petard noun. M16.
[French petard, from peter break wind: see -ARD.]
Hist.
A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blow in a door etc. or to make a hole in a wall. M16.
hoist with one's own petard: see HOIST.
A kind of firework that explodes with a sharp report, a cracker. M17.
petar'deer, petar'dier noun a soldier in charge of firing a petard M17.