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Definition of patten in English: pattennoun ˈpat(ə)nˈpatn historical A shoe or clog with a raised sole or set on an iron ring, worn to raise one's feet above wet or muddy ground when walking outdoors. 〈史〉(在湿地或泥地上行走时为抬升双脚而穿的)木套鞋;木底鞋 Example sentencesExamples - In 1768, for example, young William Drayton complained that ‘a man named Thompson’ had poured beer on him, while in 1771, young James Murdoch complained that ‘a woman named Palmer’ had hit him with a patten.
- She borrowed a pair of pattens to walk to the waterside, pretending to visit her grandmother.
- Beginning in the last quarter of the fourteenth century, shoes were worn with pattens - carved wooden supports with pedestals under the heel and ball - to protect the shoes.
- Made between 1750 and 1830, pattens were worn over the shoes and served to raise the wearer's foot above the mud and dirt beneath, rather like prototypical galoshes.
- The April rain from last night had made the ground muddy and she had no pattens to keep her shoes out of the mud.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French patin, perhaps from patte 'paw'. Rhymesbaton, batten, fatten, flatten, harmattan, Manhattan, Mountbatten, paten, pattern, platen, Saturn, slattern Definition of patten in US English: pattennounˈpatn historical A shoe or clog with a raised sole or set on an iron ring, worn to raise one's feet above wet or muddy ground when walking outdoors. 〈史〉(在湿地或泥地上行走时为抬升双脚而穿的)木套鞋;木底鞋 Example sentencesExamples - Beginning in the last quarter of the fourteenth century, shoes were worn with pattens - carved wooden supports with pedestals under the heel and ball - to protect the shoes.
- In 1768, for example, young William Drayton complained that ‘a man named Thompson’ had poured beer on him, while in 1771, young James Murdoch complained that ‘a woman named Palmer’ had hit him with a patten.
- Made between 1750 and 1830, pattens were worn over the shoes and served to raise the wearer's foot above the mud and dirt beneath, rather like prototypical galoshes.
- The April rain from last night had made the ground muddy and she had no pattens to keep her shoes out of the mud.
- She borrowed a pair of pattens to walk to the waterside, pretending to visit her grandmother.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French patin, perhaps from patte ‘paw’. |