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Webster 1913 Edition

Placard

Pla-card′

,
Noun.
[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.
Planché.
5.
[Cf.
Placket
.]
A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

Pla-card′

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Placard

PLAC`ARD

,
Noun.
Properly, a written or printed paper posted in a public place. It seems to have been formerly the name of an edict, proclamation or manifesto issued by authority, but this sense is, I believe, seldom or never annexed to the word. A placard now is an advertisement, or a libel, or a paper intended to censure public or private characters or public measures, posted in a public place. In the case of libels or papers intended to censure public or private characters, or the measures of government, these papers are usually pasted up at night for secrecy.

Definition 2024

placard

placard

English

Noun

placard ‎(plural placards)

  1. A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
  2. (obsolete) A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
    • Howell
      All placards or edicts are published in his name.
  3. (obsolete) Permission given by authority; a license.
    to give a placard to do something
  4. (historical) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
  5. (historical) A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

Translations

Verb

placard ‎(third-person singular simple present placards, present participle placarding, simple past and past participle placarded)

  1. To affix a placard to.
  2. To announce with placards.
    to placard a sale

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plakaʁ/

Noun

placard m ‎(plural placards)

  1. a cupboard, cabinet or closet built against or into a wall
  2. an ad that is felt to be injurious, seditious or in otherwise bad taste
  3. (dated) a placard

Usage notes

  • The use of placards for announcements by authorities having mostly disappeared, the word affiche frequently replaces it in that meaning.

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • placart
  • plaquart

Noun

placard m (plural placards)

  1. placard (public written notice)

Etymology

From Middle English placard ‎(“official document”), from Middle French placard, placart, plaquart ‎(“a placard, a writing pasted on a wall”), from The Old French verb plaquer, plaquier ‎(“to stick or paste, roughcast”), from Middle Dutch placken, plecken ‎(“to glue or fasten, plaster, patch”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plaggą ‎(“a piece of cloth, patch”), equivalent to plaque +‎ -ard. Related to Middle Low German placken ‎(“to smear with lime or clay, plaster”), Saterland Frisian Plak, Plakke ‎(“a hit, smack, slap”), German Placken ‎(“a spot, patch”), Icelandic plagg ‎(“a document”), Hebrew פלקט ‎(“'plakat' a large sheet of paper, typically with a photo or writing, posted on the wall”), Thai ประกาศ ‎(“'prakat' an official announcement”), Khmer ប្រកាស ‎(brâkas, “'prakah' an official announcement”), English play. Compare also Modern Dutch plakkaat ‎(“placard”), Saterland Frisian Plakoat ‎(“a placard, poster”). More at play.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈplæk.ɑːd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈplæk.ɑɹd/, /ˈplæk.ɚd/

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