Meaning

4 senses

  1. The soft underside of an animal's paw.

  2. A medicated bandage for the treatment of corns and warts.

  3. (Australia)An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic.

  4. (archaic)A thief on foot who robs travellers on the road.

    Straßenräuber

    a highwayman who robs on foot

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Jerry Abershawe was a notorious footpad.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
thief on foot who robs on the road:

Origin

From foot + pad.

From foot + pad.

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Forms

plural: footpads

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a highwayman who robs on foot:padder

Word family

2 related words
Derivedfootpadderyfootpadism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
footholdfootingfootnoteB2footpathfootprintfootsiefootstep
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