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What (who) is pétard - definition
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P tard; Petards; Petard mortar
![A 19th-century British army petard (in center, projecting from the copper circle), mounted on a [[madrier]], with braces](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British army petard.jpg?width=200 "A 19th-century British army petard (in center, projecting from the copper circle), mounted on a [[madrier]], with braces")
petard
[p?'t?:d]
¦ noun historical a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder.
?a kind of firework that explodes with a sharp report.
Phrases
hoist with (or by) one's own petard having one's schemes against others backfiring on one.
Origin
C16: from Fr. petard, from peter 'break wind'.
petard
(petards)
If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own petard or hoist by their own petard, their plan in fact results in harm to themselves.
The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway.
PHRASE: N inflects
Petard
A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications. It is of French origin and dates back to the 16th century.
Wikipedia
Petard
A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications, originally invented in France in 1579. A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal device containing 5–6 pounds (2–3 kg) of gunpowder, with a slow match for a fuse.
