| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| patten |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pat·ten |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p t n |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English patin, from Old French, perhaps from pate, paw, hoof. See patois.
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