patté

See also: patte

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

French patté, from patte (“paw, foot”). Compare English patten.

Adjective

patté (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the other end, or having its arms of that shape; said of a cross.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for patté in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From patte (“paw, foot”).

Adjective

patté (feminine singular pattée, masculine plural pattés, feminine plural pattées)

  1. (heraldry) (in feminine form) Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the other end, or having its arms of that shape; said of a cross.

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