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Pad.

1. (Menage.) a. A cushion or stuffing, as that beneath a saddle, to keep the tree from galling the horse's back.

Gig-tree.

b. A cushion beneath a gigtree of carriage harness, as in Fig. 3469.

c. A saddle without a tree.

d. That part of a double harness to which the girths are attached; used in place of the gig-saddle.

e. A cap of leather, stuffed, buckled over the knee, to keep that part from being grazed or injured by an occasional fall. See leg and foot guards for horses.

2. (Shipbuilding.) A piece laid over a ship's beam to give the camber.

3. (Dyeing.) To impregnate with a mordant.

4. (Stationery.) A soft writing surface, as a quarter-quire of blotting-paper, for instance. A writing-pad.

Hernia-pad.

5. (Surgical.) a. The bag or knob of a truss which rests upon a hernial tumor and prevents its projection.

b. A bag or cushion to compress or support a part.

c. A soft wad between the splints and a fractured limb to prevent chafing.

1877.

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