See also:

• PATTEN (adapted from Fr. patin, in modern usage meaning a " skate "; Med. Lat. patinus, Ital. pattino, of unknown origin; cf. patte, paw)

PATTEN (adapted from Fr. patin, in See also:

• MODERN

modern usage meaning a " skate "; Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. patinus, Ital. pattino, of unknown origin; cf. patte, paw)  , a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe which, varying in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form at different times and places, raised the wearer from the ground in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to keep the feet out of mud or wet . Pattens were necessaries to See also:

• WOMEN

women of all classes in the uncleaned and unpaved streets of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries . They may still be found in use in rural parts of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . A wooden shoe or clog, a See also:

• LIGHT

light strapped shoe with a very thick See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

cork, and, more particularly, an See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring supporting at a little distance from the ground a wooden sole with a strap through which the See also:

• FOOT

foot slips, have all been types which the See also:

• PATTEN (adapted from Fr. patin, in modern usage meaning a " skate "; Med. Lat. patinus, Ital. pattino, of unknown origin; cf. patte, paw)

patten has taken . An extraordinary kind of "patten " was fashionable in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in the 16th or 17th centuries . This was the chopine,' a loose slipper resting on a very thick sole of cork or wood . During the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice ladies wore " chopines " of exaggerated See also:

• SIZE

size . Coryat, in his Crudities, 1611 (vol. i. p . 400, ed . 1905), gives a description of these Venetian " chapineys." They were of wood covered with red, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and yellow See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, some gilt or painted, and reached a height sometimes of See also:

• HALF

half a yard . Ladies wearing these exaggerated chopines had to be accompanied by attendants to prevent them falling . There is a 16th century Venetian " chopine " in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum .

The " Patten-makers " See also:

• COMPANY

Company is one of the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• LIVERY

Livery companies of See also:

• LONDON

London . The patten-makers were originally joined with the " Pouch and Galoche Makers," and are mentioned as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1400 . They became a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate fraternity in 1469, but did not obtain a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter till 1670 .