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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

And she clattered abruptly away, and Henrietta was left to patten her road to the pump and back, and afterwards to finish her toilette in what shivering comfort she might.

From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman

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

Zounds, I think he has a patten to take up all the shields ith countrey.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

A similar contrivance, with the addition of an iron ring, leather strap and toe-cap, is still sometimes worn by farm servants, and is called a patten.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner

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

Reigning Wimbledon champion Patten recently told BBC Sport the players were facing "an uphill battle", but remained "optimistic" the tour would consider counter-proposals.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 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

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

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