Definitionn. an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall
Last update: July 4, 2015
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Nevertheless, despite Bonaparte's marvellous skill in rallying moderate men of all parties to his side, there remained an unconvinced and desperate minority, whose clumsy procedure enabled the great engineer to hoist them with their own petard and to raise himself to the imperial dignity. [Please select]
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There's always a petard in a seminary fellow. [Please select]
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As it was, the Confederate commander, who was the only foreign officer on board, "had been hoisted by his own petard." [Please select]
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He turned to see how Leonore's petard was progressing, to find her and Pell deep in tennis. [Please select]
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For what Jacobite, seeing the enemy hoist with his own petard could avoid a snigger. [Please select]
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She had been caught in the net of her own stratagem--hoist by her own petard. [Please select]
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To hoist the German with his own petard is particularly sweet to the British mind. [Please select]
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