Patten

1. Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
2. One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
3. A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.
4. An ice skate.
5. An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
6. The base of a pillar.

verb

To go about wearing pattens.

1. The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
2. Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site.