patten

Significado (inglés)

Noun

1. Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
2. 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. An ice skate.
5. An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
6. The base of a pillar.

Verb

To go about wearing pattens.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpat(ə)n/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin.