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Nictuku

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3. I've often wondered what a 'Petard' is....

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 04:36 PM

Dec 10

So I looked it up:

A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications, originally invented in France in 1579.[1] A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal device containing 5–6 pounds (2–3 kg) of gunpowder, with a slow match for a fuse.

For a more in-depth of its meaning, and 'hoisted by his own petard', as used by Shakesphere,
click here: https://interestingliterature.com/2020/07/hoist-with-his-own-petard-phrase-origins-meaning/

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