Meaning

6 senses
  1. Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.

    footwear usually with wooden soles

  2. (historical)One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.

  3. (UK, dialectal)An ice skate.

  4. (historical)An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.

  5. The base of a pillar.

  6. (obsolete)A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.

Origin

From Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”),

From Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin.

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Forms

plural: pattens
Singularpatten
Pluralpattens

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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