pad (1)

[Dut. pad =a path; Low Ger. pad; O. Dut. padt, cogn. with Eng. path (q. v.).] *1. A path, a footpath a road. ( Eng.) "The squire of the pad and the knight of the post." Prior: Thief and Cordelier. 2. An easy-paced horse an ambler. "An abbot on an ambling pad." Tennyson: Lady of Shalott, ii. 20. 3. A highway-robber who infests the road on foot; a footpad. ( Gay: Fable 46, pt. i.) 4. The act of robbing; highway robbery.