pattress

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A form of patress — An adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, e.g. in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface.

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Meanings

nounpattress (plural pattresses)

plural pattresses

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of patress.

    They will be painted black, as will the pattress plates that previous repairers fitted.

    2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, pages 26–27
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APA

pattress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pattress

MLA

“pattress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pattress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pattress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pattress.

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