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A fellow sportsfan maybe?
by progre 6y ago
A fellow sportsfan maybe?
- lordnacho 6y agoIIRC petard means bomb
- tejtm 6y agogunpowder in an metal bell or cone. set it up facing a door light it and run way from your medieval shaped charge. If you are caught in the blast and go flying you are hoisted on your own petard, perhaps your petard fired out the back.
- progre 6y agoYes, this was very well explained in an episode of half arsed history quite recently. The audience of this podcast is referred to as "sportsfans" by the host.
- finnh 6y agofrom the archaic french for "break wind"; i've heard petard translated (for fun) as "little fart"
- fvdessen 6y agopetard still means small explosive / firecraker in modern french.