Footpad

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A thief who preys on pedestrians.
  • n. A plate or similar structure on the leg of a spacecraft that distributes weight and helps prevent sinking after landing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The soft underside of an animal's paw.
  • n. A medicated bandage for the treatment of corns and warts.
  • n. A thief on foot who robs travellers on the road.
  • n. (also "foot pad") An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A highwayman or robber on foot.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A highwayman who robs on foot; specifically, one of a large class, existing in Europe when police authority was still in an ineffective condition, who made a business of robbing people passing on horseback or in carriages.
  • n. A pad fitted over the sole of a horse's foot to prevent balling in snow.
  • n. An anklet of leather strapped on a horse's foot to prevent interfering; a boot.
  • n. In entomology, a cushion-like expansion on the lower surface of the tarsal joints: applied especially to the onychium, or membranous cushion between the tarsal claws. Also called foot-cushion and pulvillus. See cut under flesh-fly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a highwayman who robs on foot
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    highjacker    hijacker    highwayman    road agent   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pillager    ravager    clôture    picaroon    forager   
     
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