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)
Defn: An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate. Planché.
5. Etym: [Cf. Placket.]
Defn: A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
PLACARD
Pla*card", v. 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.
PLACATE
Plac"ate, n.