Patten

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any one of various types of wooden-soled footwear, such as a sandal, shoe, or clog, worn to increase one's height or to keep one's feet out of the mud.
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  • n. Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
  • n. A stilt.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete form of paten.
  • n. In building: The base of a column or pillar.
  • n. The sole for the foundation of a wall.
  • n. The sill in a timber-framing. Also written patand, patin.
  • n. A shoe with a thick wooden sole; a clog.
  • n. A stilt.
  • To go on pattens.
  • n. A skate.
  • n. A round wooden plate fastened under the foot of a horse, to prevent it from sinking in marshy and soft ground.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. footwear usually with wooden soles
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    footwear    footgear   
    Cross Reference
    to run on pattens    geta    sabot    chopine    sandal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stilt   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Batten    Catton    Grattan    Latin    Manhattan   
     
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