Gunpowder Plot

noun

an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
Compare Guy Fawkes Day.

Example sentences from the Web for gunpowder plot

  • Garnet, the Gunpowder-Plot Jesuit, also contributed to the ghastly triumphs of justice.

    Old and New London |Walter Thornbury

  • Some called it the Gunpowder-plot at Balaklava, and an attempt to destroy the British fleet.

    Soyer's Culinary Campaign |Alexis Soyer

  • From this uncouth swamp sprung the philosopher, the statesman, and tradition says, the gunpowder-plot.

    An History of Birmingham (1783) |William Hutton

British Dictionary definitions for gunpowder plot

Gunpowder Plot

noun

the unsuccessful conspiracy to blow up James I and Parliament at Westminster on Nov 5, 1605 See also Guy Fawkes Day