Petard - What does it mean?
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(historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to blow a hole in a door or wall.
Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
* (rfdate), Shakespeare, Hamlet
A loud firecracker.
To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.
*, I.56:
*:The souldier, if he but goe to besiege a cottage, to scale a castle, to rob a church, to pettard a gate, to force a religious house, or any villanous act, before he attempt it praieth to God for his assistance, though his intents and hopes be full-fraught with crueltie, murther, covetise, luxurie, sacrilege, and all iniquitie.
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(wikipedia petard)Alternative forms
* pettardNoun
(en noun)- For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar