| 单词 | football pad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfootball pad football pad n. an item of protective padding worn when playing American or Canadian football; esp. (in plural) a set of pads worn over the shoulders and chest to protect the upper body.In quot. 1890 and occasionally in early use with reference to other forms of football. ΚΠ 1890 Middlesex Gaz. 4 Oct. 6/1 Hummerstone..was charged with having..stolen..a pair of football pads. 1898 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 27 Sept. 7/3 (heading) Football Pads... Nowadays, it appears as though the players are so well protected from injuries. 1937 Washington Post 16 May 6/7 (headline) Lentz invents new football pad... Designed to protect badly bruised thigh muscles. 1967 N.Y. Times 21 May 6 s/5 The gold leaves on Maj. Peter Dawkins's shoulders rested easily, as if they were football pads. 2011 L. Cartwright & W. A. Pitney Fund. of Athletic Training (ed. 3) xxiv. 296/1 Compared with football pads, ice hockey and lacrosse shoulder pads are made of thin padding. < as lemmas |
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