bar pads

Noun

bar pad (plural bar pads)

1. Synonym of barbell pad.
   • Set the bar pad in the center of the bar. If you don't have a bar pad, it's easy enough to wrap a towel around the bar as well.2011, Nick Nilsson, The Best Arm Exercises You've Never Heard Of

   Synonyms:

   barbell pad

2. A cushioned tube that fits over the handlebar.
   • Installation of the mount, locating tower and stabilizer is a simple bolt-on affair, with ony minor surgery to the provided bar pad required to make room for the damper's low-speed adjustment knob.2005 January, “BRP Under Bar Mount: Stability with protection”, in Cycle World Magazine, volume 44, number 1, page 86
3. A rubber pad on a leather plate, which fits across the bottom of a horseshoe to protect the frog of the horse's hoof.
   • For long-standing "corns," for cases of chronic laminitis, and for horses that markedly "go on their heels" the bar-pad is without doubt the most efficient arrangement yet invented.1898, William Hunting, The Art of Horse-shoeing: A Manual for Farriers, page 120