Meanings
plural patteners
- historicalpattenmaker
The pattenmakers or patteners still find occupation in Yorkshire.
1882, John Hewitt, Old Yorkshire, volume 3, page 222 more examples
The pattenmakers, it seems, used the same material: the king, therefore, steps in between the patteners and the fletchers[…]
1860, John Hewitt, Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: Supplement. Comprising the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, page 531But even though numbers of very small crafts, such as bookbinders, clockmakers, or patteners were not associated with pageants in the 1415 listing[…]
1997, Sarah Rees Jones, The Government of Medieval York: Essays in Commemoration of the 1396 Royal Charter, →ISBN, page 151
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Englishpatyner
- Englishpattener
From Middle English patyner; equivalent to patten + -er.
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pattener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pattener
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