Pad (păd), n. [D. pad. √21. See Path.] 1. A footpath; a road.
2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison
An abbot on an ambling pad. Tennyson.
3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; — usually called a footpad. Gay.Byron.
4. The act of robbing on the highway.