Piat

[ pee-at, -aht ]

noun

1. a spring-powered British antitank weapon of World War II, mounted on a tripod and capable of firing a 2½-pound (1-kilogram) bomb up to 350 yards (320 meters).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Piat¹

P(rojector) i(nfantry) a(nti)t(ank)

Example Sentences

That academic period built at Chartres merely the semi-detached chapel of St. Piat, to which a stair ascends from the ambulatory.

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The bracket of the tympanum of the doorway at the top of the staircase once supported a statue of S. Piat.

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For the crypt and the Chapel of S. Piat have already been described at length.

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In 299 it was the scene of the martyrdom of St. Piat, who founded a church on the site of the cathedral.

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