placard

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A sign or notice for display in a public place.
2. n. A small card or plaque, such as a nameplate on a door.
3. v. To announce or advertise by means of placards.
4. v. To post placards on or in.
5. v. To display as a placard.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A written or printed paper displaying some proclamation or announcement, and intended to be posted in a public place to attract public attention; a posting-bill; a poster.
2. n. An edict, manifesto, proclamation, or command issued by authority.
3. n. A public permit, or one given by authority; a license.
4. n. In medieval armor, same as placcate.
5. n. A plate or tag on which to place a mark of ownership.
6. n. Pargeting; parget-work.
7. n. The woodwork or cabinet-work composing the door of a closet, etc., with its framework.
8. n. A closet formed or built in a wall, so that only the door is visible from the exterior.
9. To post placards upon: as, to placard the walls of a town.
10. To make known or make public by means of placards: as, to placard the failure of a bank.

Wiktionary

1. n. A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
2. v. To affix a placard to.
3. v. To announce with placards.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. obsolete A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
2. n. obsolete Permission given by authority; a license.
3. n. A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.
4. n. (Anc. Armor) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate.
5. n. A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
6. v. To post placards upon or within.
7. v. To announce by placards.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. post in a public place
2. n. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
3. v. publicize or announce by placards