elbow pad

1. 1.

   protective garment consisting of a pad worn over the elbow by football and hockey players

   Broaderprotective garment

Questions about elbow pad

What does elbow pad mean?

elbow pad means "protective garment consisting of a pad worn over the elbow by football and hockey players".

Is elbow pad a common word?

elbow 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.