Placard

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate. Planché.

5. A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.