PATTEN

clog, geta, patten, sabot

(noun) footwear usually with wooden soles

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

patten (plural pattens)

Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs. [from 14th c.]

(now, historical) One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground. [form 16th c.]

(obsolete) A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing. [18th–19th c.]

(now, Britain dialectal) An ice skate. [from 17th c.]

(historical) An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.

The base of a pillar.

Verb

patten (third-person singular simple present pattens, present participle pattening, simple past and past participle pattened)

(intransitive) To go about wearing pattens.

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

patten (plural pattens)

Obsolete form of paten.

Anagrams

• patent, pét-nat

Proper noun

Patten (plural Pattens)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Patten is the 3059^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11730 individuals. Patten is most common among White (84.83%) individuals.

Anagrams

• patent, pét-nat

Source: Wiktionary

Pat"ten, n. Etym: [F. patin a high-heeled shoe, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. Panton, Patté.]

1. A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud. The patten now supports each frugal dame. Gay.

2. A stilt. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition