patten
- 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.
- a separate sole attached to a shoe or boot for this purpose.
- Building Trades. any stand or support, especially one of a number resting on unbroken ground as a substitute for a foundation.
Origin of patten
Patten
- GilbertBurt L. Standish, 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
Examples from the Web for patten
Historical Examples of patten
There were exceptions to the rule, however, and Mr. Patten was one of these.
Personal Recollections of a CavalrymanJ. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
Patten stuck to it till there was no more clothing to issue.
Personal Recollections of a CavalrymanJ. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
He and his son-in-law Patten, and young Moss accompanied me to the steamer.
A Journey to America in 1834Robert Heywood
If Patten, a mere boy, had been lounging there, Neale would not have noticed it.
The Chestermarke InstinctJ. S. Fletcher
"No good without the bag," answered Patten, a calm youth of seventeen.
The Chestermarke InstinctJ. S. Fletcher
patten
- a wooden clog or sandal on a raised wooden platform or metal ring
Word Origin for patten
Word Origin and History for patten
late 14c., from Old French patin "clog, type of shoe" (13c.), probably from pate "paw, foot," from Gallo-Romance *pauta, ultimately perhaps imitative of the sound made by a paw. The immediate source has been sought in Celtic [Barnhart] and Germanic [OED], but evidence is wanting. Likely cognates include Provençal pauta, Catalan pote, Middle Dutch and Dutch poot, German Pfote "paw."