[ noun ] an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall <noun.artifact>
Petard \Pe*tard"\, n. [F. p['e]tard, fr. p['e]ter to break wind, to crack, to explode, L. pedere, peditum.] (Mil.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.
Someone complained to the division that petard is a French colloquialism meaning to break wind.
Then, Mr. Calkins was "hoist with one's own petard."