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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.

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