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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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Then a vast crowd of worshipers surrounded me, a priest before the altar raised the pyx and the patten in his hands.

From Dreams and Dream Stories by Anna Bonus Kingsford

There is a most ungallant old riddle, "Why is a wife like a patten?"

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

In reality, patten is derived from the French word patin, which has a varied meaning of the sole of a shoe or a skate.

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

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

“Well, Evson, you’ll soon find out what Paton’s like; anything but ‘a patten of bright gold’ at any rate.”

From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by H. C. (Harold C.) Earnshaw

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

The other pairings - including Britain's number one Henry Patten alongside top-ranked women's player Katerina Siniakova - will have to come through an eight-team qualifying round.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

She has just ready for publication a lineage book of the Van Patten family.

From A Hundred and Sixty Books by Washington Authors Some Other Writers Who are Contributors to Periodical Literature, Lines Worth Knowing by Heart by Various

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