body pad

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   a pad worn by hockey goalkeeper

   Broaderprotective garment

Questions about body pad

What does body pad mean?

body pad means "a pad worn by hockey goalkeeper".

Is body pad a common word?

body 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.