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

On Christmas Eve she put her little wooden patten on the hearth before the fire, and went to sleep to dream of Saint Nicholas.

From Good Stories for Holidays by Olcott, Frances Jenkins

Gay wrote in his Trivia, 1715:-- "The patten now supports each frugal dame That from the blue-eyed Patty takes the name."

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

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 Park, Robert Ezra

Saturday.—Grandfather took us down street to be measured for some new patten leather shoes at Mr. Ambler’s.

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 Richards, Caroline Cowles

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