PETARD

petard

(noun) an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

petard (plural petards)

(historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.

Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.

(now rare) A loud firecracker.

Verb

petard (third-person singular simple present petards, present participle petarding, simple past and past participle petarded)

(now rare, archaic) To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.

Anagrams

• depart, detrap, drapet, parted, prated, rapted, tarped, traped

Source: Wiktionary

Pe*tard", n. Etym: [F. pétard, fr. péter to break wind, to crack, to explode, L. pedere, peditum.] (Mil.)

Definition: 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 It has been superseded.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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