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Definitions for Petard
[1] an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
[2] a kind of firecracker.
[3] (initial capital letter ) Also called Flying Dustbin. a British spigot mortar of World War II that fired a 40-pound (18 kg) finned bomb, designed to destroy pillboxes and other concrete obstacles.
[4] hoist by /with one's own petard , hurt, ruined, or destroyed by the very device or plot one had intended for another.
[5] (formerly) a device containing explosives used to breach a wall, doors, etc
[6] hoist with one's own petard being the victim of one's own schemes
[7] a type of explosive firework
Words nearby Petard
petalite, petalody, petaloid, petalous, petaluma, petard, petasus, petaurist, petavius, petcock, pete
Origin of Petard
1590–1600; < Middle French, equivalent to pet(er ) to break wind (derivative of pet < Latin pēditum a breaking wind, orig. neuter of past participle of pēdere to break wind) + -ard -ard
Word origin for Petard
C16: from French: firework, from péter to break wind, from Latin pēdere