PLACARDED

Verb

placarded

simple past tense and past participle of placard

Source: Wiktionary


PLACARD

Pla*card", n. Etym: [F., fr. plaquer to lay or clap on, plaque plate, tablet; probably from Dutch, cf. D. plakken to paste, post up, plak a flat piece of wood.]

1. A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority. [Obs.] All placards or edicts are published in his name. Howell.

2. Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something. [Obs.] ller.

3. A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.

4. (Anc. Armor)

Definition: An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate. Planché.

5. Etym: [Cf. Placket.]

Definition: A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

Pla*card", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Placarding.]

1. To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.

2. To announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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