A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

petard Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with P » pervasively ... petrocurrency » petard


petard
noun
    1. historical
      A small bomb for blasting a hole in a wall, door, etc.
Idiom: hoist with one's own petard
    Blown up by one's own bomb, ie the victim of one's own trick or cunning; caught in one's own trap.
Etymology: 16c: from French pétard a banger or firecracker, from péter to break wind, from Latin pedere.



Click Here