arm pad

1. 1.

   a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers

   Synonymsarm guard

   Broaderprotective garment

Questions about arm pad

What does arm pad mean?

arm pad means "a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers".

What is another word for arm pad?

Close synonyms include arm guard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arm pad a common word?

arm pad is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.