patress means 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.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, patress ranks #7,549 of 21,855 for Qualifying.
Etymology
Alteration of pateras, from Latin patera (“dish, saucer”).
noun
- 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