PET'ARD, noun An engine of war made of metal, nearly in the shape of a hat, to be loaded with powder and fixed on a madrier or plank, and used to break gates, barricades, draw-bridges and the like, by explosion.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.