padding the hoof

Verb

pad the hoof (third-person singular simple present pads the hoof, present participle padding the hoof, simple past and past participle padded the hoof)

1. (archaic) Synonym of beat the hoof (“walk; go on foot”).
   • Many who had engaged and dressed for seats in the various conveyances, found themselves necessitated to pad the hoof in all their bravery; and ladies were obliged to walk, on that day, who never imagined they would have so vulgarized their sandaled legs and feet.1839, Henry Curling, Some Account of The Field of the Cloth of Gold of Eglintoun, page 21

   Synonyms:

   beat the hoof