pat·ten

(păt′n)

Any one of various types of wooden-soled footwear, such as a sandal, shoe, or clog, worn to increase one's height or to keep one's feet out of the mud.

[Middle English patin, from Old French, perhaps from pate, paw, hoof; see patois.]

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patten

(ˈpætən)

(Clothing & Fashion) a wooden clog or sandal on a raised wooden platform or metal ring

[C14: from Old French patin, probably from patte paw]

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pat•ten

(ˈpæt n)

n.

1. any sturdy or thick-soled shoe or boot, as a sabot or chopine, worn to protect the feet from mud or wetness.

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

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

pat′tened, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

patten - footwear usually with wooden soles

clog, geta, sabot

footgear, footwear - covering for a person's feet

Translations

patten

[ˈpætn] N → zueco m, chanclo m

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patten

n → Stelzenschuh m

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

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Peerybingle, going out into the raw twilight, and clicking over the wet stones in a pair of pattens that worked innumerable rough impressions of the first proposition in Euclid all about the yard--Mrs.

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