Definition of Pattle

1. a spade used to clean a plough [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pattle

patternless
patternlessly
patternlessness
patternlike
patternmaker
patternmakers
patternmaking
patterns
patters
pattes
pattie
patties
patting
pattipan
pattipans
pattle (current term)
pattles
pattress
patty
patty-cake
patty-pan
patty cake
patty shell
pattycake
pattycakes
pattypan
pattypan squash
pattypans
patu
patulent

Literary usage of Pattle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Legal Observer, Digest, and Journal of Jurisprudence (1848)
"MITFORD, in contemplation of the marriage of a Miss pattle with a Mr. Huddlestone, executed a bond, dated 31st October, 1834, by which he bound himself to ..."

2. The Nineteenth and Their Times: Being an Account of the Four Cavalry by John Biddulph (1899)
"... afterwards Hussars—General pattle—Regiment at Meerut—General Hall — Regiment ordered to England — Badges of old 19th Light Dragoons granted—Regiment ..."

3. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: By the Right Hon by Nicholas Simons, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Leach, Anthony Hart, Lancelot Shadwell, Richard Torin Kindersley (1850)
"pattle, and that Miss pattle was entitled to certain stock in the funds in England called the £3 10s. per Cent. Annuities and .£4 10s. per Cent. ..."

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