patress
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of pateras, from Latin patera (“dish, saucer”).
Noun edit
patress (plural patresses)
- 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, eg in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface
See also edit
References edit
- “pattress” in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.