hard pad

British  

noun

1. (in dogs) an abnormal increase in the thickness of the foot pads: one of the clinical signs of canine distemper See distemper 1

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Example Sentences

My bed is planks covered by a hard pad.

From Scientific American

In the former case, the bleeding may generally be stopped by binding on a hard pad.

From Project Gutenberg

The dentition of the camel too is somewhat different from the rest of the Ruminantia, for in the front of the upper jaw there are two teeth placed laterally, one on each side, whereas in all other ruminating animals there are no cutting teeth in the upper jaw—only a hard pad, on which the lower teeth are pressed in the act of tearing off herbage.

From Project Gutenberg

They did not expect any upper front teeth, for in place of them the Sheep have only a hard pad of flesh.

From Project Gutenberg

Its limbs are less unlike those of the feline genus than any other Earthly type, but have three claws and a hard pad in lieu of the soft cushion.

From Project Gutenberg