Associations to the word «Patten»

Wiktionary

PATTEN, noun. Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
PATTEN, noun. (UK) (dialect) (obsolete) A stilt.

Dictionary definition

PATTEN, noun. Footwear usually with wooden soles.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats