Pattens were clogs, overshoes or sandals, held on the foot by
leather or
cloth bands, often with a wooden sole or metal device to elevate the foot and increase the wearer's height or aid in walking in mud. They were worn during the
Middle Ages outdoors and in public places over the thin soled
shoes of the day. The word probably derives from the
Old French pate meaning hoof or paw. For women they continued to be worn in muddy conditions, until the nineteenth or even early 20th century.
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