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• patten
  patten

  noun

  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.
• Patten
  Patten

  noun

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of patten

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

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Example Sentences

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"Because even if the particles decay in a largely uniform patten, there will always be outliers, more persistent particles, that will release radionuclides at a later point in time."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

My feet are all right any way with my new patten leather shoes on but I shall have to look out for my head.

From Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl by Caroline Cowles Richards

Then, the Overseer provided the needed article.—Had widow Jones broken her spinning wheel or her patten ring?

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Alfred Kingston

When the affection is unilateral, advantage may be derived from a Thomas' or other form of splint, along with a patten and crutches; in bilateral cases, from the use of crutches alone.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

My feet are all right anyway with my new patten leather shoes on, but I shall have to look out for my head.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park

Lead director Tim Van Patten avoids cinematic overkill, framing the action in a natural, not a cinematic space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In the men's doubles, Britain's Henry Patten and Finnish team-mate Harri Heliovaara, the top seeds, moved into the third round with a 7-5 6-2 win over Matteo Arnaldi of Italy and Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Monfils and Svitolina, who arrived so short on preparation that they weren’t sure they would be included in the tournament, were up against stiff competition in Katerina Siniakova and Henry Patten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Top-ranked players Patten and Katerina Siniakova advanced to the quarter-finals before losing to husband-and-wife duo Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

"You asked me for Squire Patten, and I sent you to him--to the churchyard!"

From A Little Wizard by Stanley J. Weyman

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