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n 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 Trades. any stand or support, especially one of a number resting on unbroken ground as a substitute for a foundation.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English paten < Middle French patin wooden shoe, perhaps derivative of pate paw
1350–1400; Middle English paten < Middle French patin wooden shoe, perhaps derivative of pate paw
Related forms
pat·tened, adjective
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Patten
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n | |
| a wooden clog or sandal on a raised wooden platform or metal ring | |
| [C14: from Old French patin, probably from patte paw] | |
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Word Origin & History
patten
late 14c., from O.Fr. patin "clog" (13c.), probably from pate "paw, foot," from P.Celt. *patta, of imitative origin.
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