Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of footpad
nounfootpadding (plural footpaddings)
plural footpaddings
- The crime of robbing of travelers on the road; footpaddery.
It could just as easily have been a casual footpadding.
1983, Ray Harrison, French Ordinary Murder, page 1182 more examples
This footpadding is only done just for a bit of amusement, and because the colonel is out of the way.
1847, George Payne Rainsford James, The King's Highway: A Novel, page 178The supervisors have been turned out of office, but now that they are not preoccupied with graft they may turn their attention to footpadding or second-story work.
1907, San Francisco Daily Times - Volume 16, page 7
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