Definition of "patten" in Anglais

noun

1. Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.

2. (now historical) One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.

3. (obsolete) A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.

4. (now British dialectal) An ice skate.

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

6. The base of a pillar.

verb

1. (intransitive) To go about wearing pattens.

noun

1. Obsolete form of paten.