patten

¹ American  

[pat-n] / ˈpæt n /

noun

1. any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.

2. a separate sole attached to a shoe or boot for this purpose.

3. Building Trades. any stand or support, especially one of a number resting on unbroken ground as a substitute for a foundation.

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Patten ² American  

[pat-n] / ˈpæt n /

noun

1. Gilbert Burt L. Standish, 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.

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patten British  

/ ˈpætən /

noun

1. a wooden clog or sandal on a raised wooden platform or metal ring

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Other Word Forms

• pattened adjective

Etymology

Origin of patten

1350–1400; Middle English paten < Middle French patin wooden shoe, perhaps derivative of pate paw

Example Sentences

The patten now supports each frugal dame, Which from the blue-eyed Patty takes its name.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Cf., for the sense development, Eng. patten, from Fr. patin, a derivative of patte, foot, cognate with paw.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Then a vast crowd of worshipers surrounded me, a priest before the altar raised the pyx and the patten in his hands.

From Dreams and Dream Stories by Kingsford, Anna Bonus

Closing her eyes as she made this remark, in the acuteness of her commiseration for Betsey's patients, she forgot to open them again until she dropped a patten.

From Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens, Charles

He was an ingenious workman, and made excellent pattens; nay, the very patten with which he was knocked down was his own workmanship.

From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry