A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority. [Obs.] All placards or edicts are published in his name. Howell.
Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something. [Obs.] ller.
A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.
An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate. Planché.
A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.
To announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.
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