Patten
[pætn]
Definition
(n.) A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud.
(n.) A stilt.
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Definition
n. a wooden sole with an iron ring worn under the shoe to keep it from the wet: the iron hoop attached to the boot in cases of hip-joint disease: the base of a pillar.—v.i. to go about on pattens.—adj. Patt′ened provided with pattens.
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Examples
- His affections are, I believe, at this moment, divided between a Mrs. Bang, a Mrs. Patten and a Mrs. Pancrass, all ladies of Covent Garden notoriety. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Ask my young nephew here, who can tell you how I used to sit, and sigh, and drink brandy and water with Mrs. Patten after the play, answered Berkely. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In pattens I am, sir, she said quickly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In the street, umbrellas were the only things to be seen, and the clicking of pattens and splashing of rain-drops were the only sounds to be heard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The chief noises were women's shrill cries, men's laughter, Susan's stays and pattens, Olly Dowden's heu-heu-heu! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In short, he seemed elate as any midden-cock on pattens. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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