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Petard
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(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.