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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

Etymology

Origin of patten

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

Example Sentences

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The women in that region wear a kind of patten in winter to keep them above the snow.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers

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 Ernest Weekley

But the true patrin is handfuls of leaves flung down; for patrin or patten in old Roman language means the leaf of a tree.

From Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language by George Henry Borrow

Chopine, chop-ēn′, chop′in, n. a high clog or patten introduced into England from Venice during the reign of Elizabeth.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

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

Siniakova, an 11-time major champion in women’s doubles, and Patten, a three-time major champion in men’s doubles, had taken down the powerhouse duo of Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka in the first round.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Five British players - Neal Skupski, Henry Patten, Julian Cash, Lloyd Glasspool and Joe Salisbury - are ranked inside the world's top 10 and all have won Grand Slam titles over the past six seasons.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

In a few minutes afterwards I was sent for to lay hands on Sister Bentley, formerly the wife of David W. Patten, who was seized in a similar manner to my wife.

From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Orson F. Whitney