Bible Dictionaries
Petard
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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 It has been superseded.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Petard'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/petard.html. 1828.