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Petard

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Fr. petard, peter, to make a slight explosion), a device formerly used by military engineers for blowing in a gate or other barrier. It consisted of a small metal or wooden case, usually of sugar-loaf shape, containing a charge of powder and fired by a fuse.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Petard'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/petard.html. 1910.
 
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