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placard

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Placard  \Pla*card"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Placarded};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Placarding}.] 
  1.  To  post  placards  upon  or  within;  as  to  placard  a  wall,  to 
  placard  the  city. 
 
  2.  To  announce  by  placards;  as  to  placard  a  sale. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Placard  \Pla*card"\,  n.  [F.,  fr  plaquer  to  lay  or  clap  on 
  plaque  plate,  tablet;  probably  from  Dutch,  cf  D.  plakken  to 
  paste,  post  up  plak  a  flat  piece  of  wood.] 
  1.  A  public  proclamation;  a  manifesto  or  edict  issued  by 
  authority.  [Obs.] 
 
  All  placards  or  edicts  are  published  in  his  name 
  --Howell. 
 
  2.  Permission  given  by  authority;  a  license;  as  to  give  a 
  placard  to  do  something  [Obs.]  --ller. 
 
  3.  A  written  or  printed  paper,  as  an  advertisement  or  a 
  declaration,  posted,  or  to  be  posted,  in  a  public  place  a 
  poster. 
 
  4.  (Anc.  Armor)  An  extra  plate  on  the  lower  part  of  the 
  breastplate  or  backplate.  --Planch['e]. 
 
  5.  [Cf.  {Placket}.]  A  kind  of  stomacher,  often  adorned  with 
  jewels,  worn  in  the  fifteenth  century  and  later 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  placard 
  n  :  a  sign  posted  in  a  public  place  as  an  advertisement;  "a 
  poster  advertised  the  coming  attractions"  [syn:  {poster}, 
  {notice},  {bill},  {card}] 
  v  1:  post  in  a  public  place 
  2:  publicize  or  announce  by  placards  [syn:  {bill}]




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