"pad the hoof" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "padding the hoof",
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      "form": "padded the hoof",
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          "ref": "1839, Henry Curling, Some Account of The Field of the Cloth of Gold of Eglintoun, page 21:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1894, Stanley John Weyman, “I. The Fair at Fécamp”, in The Man in Black:",
          "text": "\"If I knew I should not be padding the hoof,\" he said.",
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        "Synonym of beat the hoof (“walk; go on foot”)"
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        "(archaic) Synonym of beat the hoof (“walk; go on foot”)"
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  "word": "pad the hoof"
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      "form": "pads the hoof",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "padding the hoof",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "padded the hoof",
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    {
      "form": "padded the hoof",
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          "ref": "1839, Henry Curling, Some Account of The Field of the Cloth of Gold of Eglintoun, page 21:",
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        "(archaic) Synonym of beat the hoof (“walk; go on foot”)"
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