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April 20, 2022 at 10:18 am
Early gunpowder weapons were,to put it mildly,less than reliable. It would happen that the men placing them would go to light the fuse and instead of giving them time to retreat, would just detonate. This would blow them into the air thus hoisting them.
April 20, 2022 at 10:58 am
That makes sense. I had not thought of Shakespeare’s “hoist on his own petard” from that angle before!
Thanks.