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Hoist by your own petard - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... A petard is, or rather was, as they have long since fallen out of use, a small engine of war used to blow breaches in gates or walls. They were originally metallic and bell-shaped but later cubical wooden boxes.
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"Hoist by my own petard"--everybody says it, and so do I. But neither I, nor anyone else I've ever heard employ this particular cliche, has the slightest idea of what a "petard" is. ... The one plausible explanation I've come across holds that a petard was a sort of 19th-century animal trap, a rope and a bent...
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A petard (see under "peter out" for the etymology) was an explosive charge detonated by a slowly burning fuse. If the petard went off prematurely, then the sapper (military engineer; Shakespeare's "enginer") who planted it would be hurled into the air by the explosion.
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Definition of petard in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of petard. Pronunciation of petard. Translations of petard. petard synonyms, petard antonyms. Information about petard in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... hoist with one's own petard being the victim of one's own schemes...
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petard ( ) n. A small bell-shaped bomb used to breach a gate or wall. A loud firecracker. [French pétard , from Old French, from peter , to break ... "Mr. Bush is hoist on his own petard. For four years, the White House has accused anyone in Congress or the press who defended civil liberties or questioned anything about...
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She was launched as HMS PETARD on 27th March 1941 as the 2nd RN ship to bear the name, previously used by a WW1 destroyer sold in 1921. Her build was completed on 15th June 1942 at a cost of £408,200 excluding the cost of guns and communications equipment supplied by the Admiralty.
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The story behind the Weird Word 'petard'. ... A petard was a bell-shaped metal grenade typically filled with five or six pounds of gunpowder and set off by a fuse. Sappers dug a tunnel or covered trench up to a building and fixed the device to a door, barricade, drawbridge or the like to break it open.
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Definition of petard from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "petard" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Petard . This word, borrowed from the French, was derived from the French verb peter (pronounced "paytay") meaning "to break wind", and the noun pet has the secondary meaning, "the report of a gun". The first meaning can be readily divined.
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