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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley