patten /ˈpat(ə)n/noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.Tom Freckle, the smith's son, was the next victim to her rage. He was an ingenious workman, and made excellent pattens; nay, the very patten with which he was knocked down was his own workmanship. — 1749 •(historical) One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.Pair of Woman's Pattens, c. 1700-80 A pair of woman's pattens, wooden soles riveted to wrought iron platforms with straps of brown leather lined with off-white wool. — 1998 •(historical) An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease. •The base of a pillar. •(dialect, UK) An ice skate. •(no longer used) A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.Some trials have been made in Ireland to put pattens on bullocks instead of horses, for ploughing on bog. — 1814 verb1 •To go about wearing pattens. formspattened · pattening · pattens
