Etymology

patache

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Today it means: A dispatch-boat; a small vessel used to communicate between the vessels of a fleet. Full definition →

Spanish patache
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frompatache
  2. English todaypatache

Borrowed from Spanish patache, of uncertain origin. The carriage sense is after French.

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