Placard

n. [Fr. placard, Sp. placarte, L. Lat. placatum, fr. Fr. plaquer, to lay or clap on, plaque, plate, tablet; L. Lat. placare, to place on; L. Ger. placken, D. plakken, to paste, post up, plak, a flat piece of wood; Gr. πλάξ, πλακός, any thing flat and broad; D. plakkaat, O. D. plackaet, plackaert, Ger. & Dan. plakat.]

1Sense 1. 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. It is now an advertisement, or a libel, or a paper intended to censure public or private characters, or public measures, posted in a public place.

2Sense 2. Hence, a public permission, or one given by authority; a license. [Obs.]

Others are of the contrary opinion, and that Christianity gives us a placard to use these sports. Fuller.

[imp. & p. p. PLACARDED; p. pr. & vb. n. PLACARDING.] 1. To post, as a writing or libel, in a public place; — sometimes used in a good sense. 2. To notify publicly.