placard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
    notice; posting; poster; bill; card.
    • a poster advertised the coming attractions
  2. verb post in a public place
  3. verb publicize or announce by placards
    bill.

WordNet

Pla*card" noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Placarded; present participle & verbal noun Placarding
Definitions
  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 1913