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Pattens were worn outdoors over a normal shoe, had a wooden or later wood and metal sole, and were held in place by leather or cloth bands. Pattens functioned to elevate the foot above the mud and dirt (including human effluent and animal dung) of the street, in a period when road and urban paving was minimal.
The meaning of PATTEN is a clog, sandal, or overshoe often with a wooden sole or metal device to elevate the foot and increase the wearer's height or aid in walking in mud.
Patten definition: 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.. See examples of PATTEN used in a sentence.
Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, KG, CH, PC (Chinese: 彭定康; born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992.
Henry Patten (born 6 May 1996) is a British tennis player. Patten has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 42 achieved on 10 June 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 462 achieved on 19 September 2022. Patten has won twelve ATP Challenger doubles title, eleven with Julian Cash.
patten in American English. (ˈpætn) 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.
Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/patten. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. patten pattens. the "patten" family. footwear usually with wooden soles.
The earliest known use of the noun patten is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for patten is from 1390. patten is a borrowing from French.
pat•ten (pat′n), n. Clothing 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. Clothing a separate sole attached to a shoe or boot for this purpose.
2 days ago · Henry Patten achieved his first Wimbledon men's doubles win Britain's Henry Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara were one of very few doubles teams who got their Wimbledon campaigns under ...
