Definitions for "patched"
A bullet with a wrapped paper "patch" commonly used in older black powder cartridges. Derived from the even older cloth patch used to wrap a muzzle-loader ball. The patch helped seal the powder gases and reduced bore leading, and was an evolutionary step towards today's metal bullet jackets.
Keywords:  clumsily, jeans, mended, hole, covering
Mended, usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; as, patched jeans.
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Keywords:  toroiseshell, calico, cat, coat, colors
A coat coloration that has patches of different colors, for example: a Calico cat or a Toroiseshell and While cat.
Keywords:  snow, ice, cow, partly, field
Partly covered; as, The field was patched with ice and snow.
having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"
Keywords:  fur, colours, white, different
Fur that has patches of different colours and white.