Petard (disambiguation)
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A petard was a medieval small bomb used to blow up gates and walls when breaching fortifications.
Petard may also refer to:
- HMS Petard, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
- A firecracker
People with the surname
[edit]- Paul Petard (1912-1980), French botanist
See also
[edit]- "Petarded", an episode of Family Guy
- "Hoist with his own petard", a phrase from the Shakespeare play Hamlet
- H. Pétard, a pseudonym used by Ralph P. Boas Jr., based on the iconic phrase